In going through memos I wrote at the Council of Economic Advisers, I came across the following memo that I wrote to Jeff Frankel, who replaced Paul Krugman as the International Finance economist at the CEA. . . .
In comparison with charter schools, some educators and researchers contend, magnet schools have been given short shrift by the Obama administration. . . .
Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban's putative No. 2 and organizer of military operations was captured several days ago at a madrassa near the Pakistani city of Karachi. . . .
The maximum hours question returned to the United States Supreme Court three years later in Muller v. Oregon with this twist--Oregon's maximum hour statute applied only to women. . . .
Hoover IP² is reviewing the premises of the US patent system to address questions of scope, specification, duration, and economic impact of that system.
The Conte Initiative on Immigration Reform aims to improve immigration law by providing innovative ideas and clear improvements to every part of the system, from border security to green cards to temporary work visas.