Monday, September 12, 2011

Friday, August 12, 2011

Calculated Risk's Links

Calculated Risk collects this wonderful links for economic data source.

Monday, May 9, 2011

China's Rising Wages Propel U.S. Prices .




From WSJ:





During China's 30 years of economic growth, hundreds of millions of factory and urban jobs soaked up surplus rural farm labor. In the past three or four years, he says, that extra labor has been exhausted.

Many analysts predict that China's vast labor force will begin declining in the next year or two, the result of family-planning policies. Others say there's already a shortage of the most active members of the factory floor, workers aged 15 to 34. That group has been steadily declining since 2007, according to Jun Ma, Deutsche Bank's chief economist for Greater China. A shrinking work force will need higher salaries to support an expanding population of elderly.

Plans for Slashing Corporate Taxes Worry Some Firms .

From WSJ:


Under the current thinking, Treasury officials would propose lowering the U.S. corporate rate from the current 35%, among the world's highest, to the upper 20s.

To offset the lost revenue that would come with a major rate reduction, the plan would likely call for reducing or eliminating major business deductions, such as for accelerated depreciation.

But in addition, administration officials have been considering ideas that could result in different tax treatment and possibly higher taxes for some large businesses that are organized as small businesses, according to people familiar with the situation. In particular, small-business representatives worry that the administration will seek to force the largest of those businesses to pay corporate taxes in addition to what they pay now.

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Taxing China's Assets

Foreign Affairs has this interesting article for a policy dealing with China's currency manipulation.

Monday, April 25, 2011

WSU Homepage



I like this homepage picture of Winona State University. It has a charming Midwest style: simple, pure, and vigorous.



For Undergraduate Business Education

From Chronicle of Higher Education.
Employers want to hire 22-year-olds who can write coherently, think creatively, and analyze quantitative data.

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Saturday, April 2, 2011

Employment to Population Ratio


What a bad recession we had!

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Immigration Bills Rile Farmers

From WSJ. Baloney in the article: They argue that the legislation will drive Mexican workers out of their states, and that there aren't enough American workers willing to pick crops. I think the truth is that these farmers do not want to make less money by paying their fellow unemployed Americans a little bit more wage. So one common-sense solution to our nation's persistent high unemployment is continually cracking down illegal immigrants.

Medicare Records Reveal Troubling Trail of Surgeries .

A case that helps explain why our health care cost is so high.

State Tax Revenue Snaps Back

From WSJ.

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Unsustainable Budget Threatens U.S.

Ten former CEA chairmen agree on this, which is not easy. I hope Congress and the president will do the same.
The document "the moment of truth" is here.

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Monday, January 3, 2011

Sunday, January 2, 2011

Mankiw Wrote to Obama

The letter from Mankiw to Obama: How to Break Bread With the Republicans.
One interesting and important sentence:
"Take care of the ____ run and the ____ run will take care of itself."