AUGUST 16, 2011 Ruby Red Tape A case study in the costs of regulation, from Opal to Oregon. The abstraction known as “regulation” is often invoked as a reason businesses aren’t growing or hiring fast enough, and with good reason. Anyone wondering what that means in practice should consult the epic saga of the Ruby […]
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AUGUST 16, 2011 In a civilized society people would be allowed to defend themselves with guns, not baseball bats. By JOYCE LEE MALCOLM As wild gangs of youths burned homes, shops and cars and severely beat anyone who tried to stop them last week, English people tried to defend themselves. Their desperation triggered a 5,000%
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AUGUST 18, 2011 By RUSSELL GOLD Exxon Mobil Corp. is fighting with the U.S. government to keep control of one of its biggest oil discoveries ever, in a showdown where billions of dollars hang in the balance for both sides. The massive Gulf of Mexico discovery contains an estimated one billion barrels of recoverable oil,
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AUGUST 16, 2011 In 1970, the future seemed to belong to Michigan’s example of big companies and big unions. Not anymore. By MICHAEL BARONE President Obama has kicked off a three-day bus tour of Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois, where the corn is high and at least some factories are spewing smoke. He’s holding town-hall meetings
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AUGUST 16, 2011 Lesson From Europe (Take 2) No, social democracy doesn’t ‘work.’ By BRET STEPHENS ‘The real lesson from Europe,” wrote Paul Krugman in January 2010, “is actually the opposite of what conservatives claim: Europe is an economic success, and that success shows that social democracy works.” Here are some postcards from the social
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OFFICIALS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE AND PRESIDENT’S JOBS COUNCIL EXPLORE FOURTH SECTOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN NORTH CAROLINA Meeting Agenda / Speakers Durham, N.C. – On June 12, 2011, senior officials from the White House and the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness met with a collection of business, nonprofit, government, and university officials that comprise
AUGUST 15, 2011 Notable & Quotable From an editorial on liberal social policy and the riots. From an Aug. 14 editorial in the London Telegraph: Over the past week we have witnessed the culmination of the liberal experiment. The experiment attested that two parents don’t matter; that welfare, rather than work, cures poverty; you tolerate
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AUGUST 15, 2011 All the young rioters will have had long experience with the justice system’s efforts to confer impunity upon law breakers. By THEODORE DALRYMPLE The youth of Britain have long placed a de facto curfew on the old, who in most places would no more think of venturing forth after dark than would
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washington post By Zachary A. Goldfarb, Updated: Monday, August 15, 10:25 PM President Obama has directed a small team of advisers to develop a proposal that would keep the government playing a major role in the nation’s mortgage market, extending a federal loan subsidy for most home buyers, according to people familiar with the matter. The decision
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