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For the Statisticians Among Us

by Peter M. Robinson with John F. Cogan, R. Glenn Hubbardvia National Review Online
Tuesday, July 22, 2008

In the wee hours of yesterday morning, I posted a blog about a chart, “The $125 billion binge,” that detailed Republican spending in recent years, but only in absolute dollars, noting that I’d so far been unable to find information about said spending as a proportion of GDP (I was the one poking around for the information, I suppose should make clear, and not John Cogan or Glenn Hubbard, the authors of the article in which the chart appears)...

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Today's Web Grab

with Gary S. Beckervia Times (UK)
Tuesday, July 22, 2008

You might enjoy: Gary Becker in The Becker-Posner Blog: Should US Taxes on Gasoline be Higher?...

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Should US Taxes on Gasoline be Higher?

by Gary S. Beckervia Becker-Posner Blog
Monday, July 21, 2008

Gasoline prices have increased rapidly during the past several years, pushed up mainly by the sharply rising price of oil...

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Tax facts to remember

by Russ Robertsvia Cafe Hayek
Monday, July 21, 2008

From the Tax Foundation: The latest release of Internal Revenue Service data on individual income taxes comes from calendar year 2006, a year in which the economy remained healthy and continued to grow, increasing individual income tax collections along with overall average effective tax rates...

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CHI to Host Conversation with George Shultz and Biomedical Industry to Address Healthcare Reform and Income Security

with George P. Shultz, John Shovenvia Business Wire
Thursday, July 17, 2008

California Healthcare Institute: George Shultz, Distinguished Fellow, Hoover Institution, and John Shoven, Director, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, co-authors of Putting Our House in Order: A Guide to Social Security & Health Care Reform, and Hank Nordhoff, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Gen-Probe Incorporated, as moderator...

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Concern grows over a fiscal crisis for U.S.

with John Shovenvia San Francisco Chronicle
Thursday, July 17, 2008

As the Bush administration proposes backstopping mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac with a $300 billion line of credit and Congress contemplates another economic stimulus, the question is who will bail out the government?...

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Summer Madness

by Victor Davis Hansonvia Works and Days
Thursday, July 17, 2008

So an exasperated Sen. Barbara Boxer screams that the farm-belt senators better support her regional selfishness in opposing California off-shore drilling against the national interest, in the same manner she went along with the ethanol boondoggle...

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Inflation and the Bush Legacy

with Milton Friedmanvia Wall Street Journal
Thursday, July 17, 2008

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke clings to an easy money policy while assuring us that he is keeping an eye on inflation...

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Are Facts Obsolete?

by Thomas Sowellvia Creators Syndicate
Tuesday, July 15, 2008

In an election campaign in which not only young liberals, but also some people who are neither young nor liberals, seem absolutely mesmerized by the skilled rhetoric of Barack Obama, facts have receded even further into the background than usual...

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Conservation: Hotword of the Day

by Alvin Rabushkavia Thoughtful Ideas
Monday, July 14, 2008

With oil at $145 a barrel and gasoline exceeding $4.00 a gallon, we are implored to conserve energy...

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