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Book Review | Aftershock: Protect Yourself and Profit in the Next Global Financial Meltdown by Wiedemer, Wiedemer, and Spitzer

January 5, 2014 by

I can’t recall who exactly recommended this to me when I first picked this up back in 2010 or 2011, but I do recall the cautionary note that they took as they described it and the author’s conclusions. The global recession had begun four years earlier, since which time I had just barely been able […]

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The Minimum Wage and the $15 an Hour Poor [Contributor]

December 5, 2013 by

Protests are happening today at two Utah fast food restaurants in support of a marginally successful nationwide movement looking to raise the legal minimum wage to $15 an hour. Currently, the minimum wage is $7.40 an hour.  This means that if the movement were to succeed the minimum wage would nearly double. Upon first glance, this […]

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Spending, not guns, on our minds

April 22, 2013 by

A funny thing happened to President Obama on his way to increasing federal regulation of firearms. Members of Congress noticed that gun control wasn’t a top priority for their constituents and handed the President his first major legislative loss. Instead, Americans are still more concerned about the economy and the state of our fiscal house. […]

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From the WSJ: “The Magnitude of the Mess We’re In.”

September 18, 2012 by

Suppose you were offered the job of Treasury secretary a few months from now. Would you accept?

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Financially, we’re not better off, says the US Census. Especially young workers.

September 12, 2012 by

With 53 percent of 18-24 year olds living back at home with their parents, it should come as no surprise that support among the young for Obama has fallen. Young voters between ages 18 and 29 have been among the groups hit hardest by the recession, with 12.7 percent unemployed and nearly a third underemployed. Support for Obama in this group has fallen from 49 percent to just 41%, a blow to a group that was important to the President’s 2008 win.

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Should the rich pay more taxes (than they already do)?

August 6, 2012 by

If where the “fair share” line is up to private opinion, what does it say about President Obama’s opinion that, when the economy is struggling and unemployment is high, he wants to take wealth out of our country to balance the debt? Wouldn’t it be better to grow the economy and lower the cost of government? Why would we soak the rich–most of them owners of businesses and investors in businesses–at the very time capital is most needed to grow business and expand? [cont…]

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Presidents ranked by job creation [infographic] [via Political Math]

June 18, 2012 by

Hat tip to Matthias Shapiro, a friend and local policy wonk who’s got a penchant for making numbers make sense.
First, his infographic:

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