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Eric Holder’s Surprise

by Benjamin Wittesvia Advancing a Free Society
Monday, November 15, 2010

This article in GQ has generated a fair bit of unfavorable buzz about Attorney General Eric Holder.

Want to see ESEA Updated in 2011? Try this Approach

by Michael J. Petrillivia Advancing a Free Society
Monday, November 15, 2010

With the votes finally counted almost everywhere, the fancies of education policy wonks turn to ESEA/NCLB, long overdue for reauthorization—and the subject of many aches, pains, and kvetches. Will the new Congress finally tackle this problem in 2011?

Ed Lazear on economics & immigration

by Edward Paul Lazearvia Advancing a Free Society
Monday, November 15, 2010

Ed Lazear talks about the interaction between economics and immigration on CNBC’s Wall Street Journal Report with Maria Bartiromo.

Open Letter to Ben Bernanke

by Hoover Institution Editorvia Advancing a Free Society
Monday, November 15, 2010

(Four Hoover fellows signed this letter:  Michael Boskin, John Cogan, Niall Ferguson, and John Taylor)

QE2 and G20

by John B. Taylorvia Advancing a Free Society
Monday, November 15, 2010

An unintended consequence of QE2 has been the strong openly voiced opposition from some of America’s traditional allies as well as those countries, like China, perceived to be on the other side of the bargaining table. So the Fed is affecting U.S.

Why I Do Not Like QE2

by Gary S. Beckervia Advancing a Free Society
Monday, November 15, 2010

Other governments, and their central banks, have reacted vocally and negatively to the Federal Reserve’s plan for another round of quantitative easing-which means that the Fed purchases long-term bonds.

The Mortgage Interest Deduction Brouhaha

by Alvin Rabushkavia Advancing a Free Society
Monday, November 15, 2010

On November 10, 2010, Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson, chairmen of President Obama’s deficit reduction commission, presented suggestions for spending cuts and tax increases to the 18 member group.

The Goldsmith-Wittes-Posner Option Goes Live

by Benjamin Wittesvia Advancing a Free Society
Saturday, November 13, 2010

The Washington Post is reporting this morning that the administration’s solution to the problem of how to try KSM and his buddies may be, well, not to bother:

America’s Employment and Growth Challenges

by Michael Spencevia Advancing a Free Society
Friday, November 12, 2010

For many, if not most, Americans, the crisis that befell them in 2008 – leading to slow growth, rising unemployment, and high anxiety among voters – appeared to spring from nowhere.

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