Recent Posts Tagged With 'Economy'

• Schwarzenegger’s a real kidder on economics

  Posted on Tuesday December 15th, 2009 at 15:05 in budget, environment, Economy, California, policy, schwarzenegger

  Oh that Arnold Schwarzenegger. What a kidder. We’re gonna miss him when he’s gone. Well, maybe not. Appearing in frigid Copenhagen, the governor actually said we don’t have to choose between a clean environment and economic growth. ...

• Economic forecast for Orange County today

  Posted on Tuesday December 8th, 2009 at 12:30 in construction, Economy, OC, orange county, chapman, economic forecast

  Chapman University’s A. Gary Anderson Center will hold its 32nd annual economic forecast for Orange County, California, and the nation. About 2,000 OC business leaders should attend the event. Will it be doom and gloom or boom? I am heading ove...

• California’s (un)friendly business climate

  Posted on Thursday December 3rd, 2009 at 12:09 in Economy, California, taxes, policy, tax, freedom and liberty

  Sacramento has led the assault on businesses with its onerous taxes, oppressive regulations and meddlesome “help.” The result? We haven’t seen it summarized any better than this Forbes.com story’s lead: BURLINGAME, Calif. R...

• Gold hits new high, dollar hits new low

  Posted on Wednesday November 25th, 2009 at 16:34 in Economy, taxes, policy, financial crisis, dollar low, gold high

  This might not be the most appropriate item for the day before Thanksgiving, but we do well to face facts. Gold hit a new high today of $1,189 an ounce (India bought a bunch), and the dollar hit a 15-month low. Should we be thankful to see evidence t...

• Big-screen TV fights back

  Posted on Friday November 20th, 2009 at 15:47 in Economy, California, freedom and liberty

  As we noted today, California’s nannies have ordered us no longer to buy and sell TVs they don’t like, even if we do like them and don’t mind paying to run them. Thanks so much Big Brothers, and you know who you are. Well, despite t...

• Phantom jobs in phantom congressional districts

  Posted on Wednesday November 18th, 2009 at 17:24 in Economy, White House, stimulus package, obama administration, jobs saved or created

  A watchdog site led by former GOP staffers called the Frankin Center for Government and Public Integrity has been having great fun with reports on the White House’s recovery.gov site, which purports to track all the jobs “saved or created...

• A jobs summit? More blah-blah-blah

  Posted on Thursday November 12th, 2009 at 18:32 in Economy, financial crisis, president barack obama, jobs summit

  President Obama has announced that he will hold a “jobs summit” in December. The pollsters are probably telling him he needs to address what most Americans see as the first priorities, jobs and the economy. This summit reminds me  of not...

• Is a jobless recovery a recovery?

  Posted on Friday November 6th, 2009 at 14:43 in Economy, unemployment, financial crisis, election 2010

  Figures released today showing unemployment nationally at 10.2 percent suggest that those who proclaimed the end of the recession when GDP rose 3.5 percent during the third quarter were more than a little premature. Is a “jobless recovery” really...

• On rural localism in NY 23

  Posted on Wednesday November 4th, 2009 at 19:16 in Local, Economy, election 2009, ny23

  Here’s a pretty insightful piece from Atlantic’s house quasi-libertarian Megan McArdle on various attitudes that likely played into the result in NY 23. And a follow-up. Post from: Orange Punch...

• Aren’t those government job numbers (too) amazing?

  Posted on Thursday October 29th, 2009 at 18:08 in Economy, policy, national, White House, financial crisis, obama administration

  We’re old enough to recall the first time a widely acknowledged “credibility gap” developed thanks to an incredible (or is it uncredible) president. Now come these marvelous job numbers from the White House. Or perhaps not so marvel...

• A penny for your thoughts, a wad of cash for your debt

  Posted on Tuesday October 27th, 2009 at 17:01 in budget, Economy, taxes, policy, congress, national, White House, financial crisis

  We love numbers, and with baseball season winding down we turn today away from batting averages to numbers that arguably are even more important - like the national debt. A reader brought to our attention this delightful (well, delightful in the Hall...