Econ Comments
WSJ | The Texas Jobs Panic
Liberals try to discredit the Lone Star State's economic success.
Washington Times | PESHEK: EPA jumps the gun with job-killing rules
Agency’s new blow to air-quality standard comes two years early.
Blogs
American: Enterprise Blog | Men at Work (Healthcare Edition)
For almost 50 years, unemployment rates among males working in hospitals or other parts of the health services industry have been lower than for their counterparts in the rest of the economy…
Atlantic: McArdle | Sticky Wages, Sticky Expectations: The Case for Accepting a Smaller Salary
Willingness to accept lower wages grows rapidly as the term of unemployment stretches out. But willingness to offer lower wages may not.
American: Enterprise Blog | Debunking the ‘Texas Unmiracle’ Myths
Shapiro isn’t so fond of Perry himself, but that doesn’t matter. He uses raw data (and some excellent charts) to show that the claims about Texas’s employment success over the last few years are legitimate.
NRO: The Corner | Regulatory Hiring Bloom
While the private sector is struggling to grow and create jobs, there’s one area that is doing quite well: the federal regulatory business.
