AP reports on a PEW study on immigration and Americans taking jobs or not: The U.S. had 28 million immigrants _ legal and illegal _ age 16 and older in 2000, an increase of 61 percent from 1990. By 2004, there were 32 million. Immigrants tend to be younger and have less education than American […]
Ford a la Europe has a range of vehicles considered reliable with good gas mileage compared to US models. There are plans to sell here, but marketers are very cautious about how they might be received. Why might Americans be reluctant?
by rdan Calculated Risk discusses problems with certain reports concerning per centage of GDP being reported for energy costs as unrealistic, predicting real per centages to be as high as 14% of GDP if prices stay the same or rise. There is a human side to the increase a few months from now that will […]
by rdan Hat tip to reader Henry Cobb. Yahoo news has an article on new directions for globalization: In an effort to cut costs Steiff began outsourcing production to Chinese factories in 2004, and even sent 300 workers there to make sure the bears were up to scratch. But this week Steiff called time on […]
OMB Watch notes: A House panel voted last week to tie the hands of agency regulatory policy officers (RPOs). The move comes in response to continued concern about President Bush’s 2007 executive order that expanded the powers of RPOs. President Bush’s E.O. 13422 — http://www.ombwatch.org/article/archive/477which amended E.O. 12866, Regulatory Planning and Review — dramatically expands […]
Aguanomics David Zetland has a take on carbon taxes and re-design of product: Stories at Grist and AngryBear on the most recent demonic action of WalMart — high efficiency milk containers.* Basically, they save heaps of water (for cleaning) and energy (for hauling) by cutting out most of the infrastructure necessary to support the current […]
Hat tip Robert Waldmann post autistic thought…er, economic … stochastic…er. Just press the button already. Ken Houghton says the race is on. A man who likes this video should be a guest…he takes himself seriously.
Reader ddrew2u sends this post: Readers of December’s Popular Mechanics know that Stanford University scientists have already engineered a lithium ion enhancement that promises to multiply charge capacity ability about four times in the short term and as much as ten times in the long term. For 30 years it has been known that building […]
The NYT notes the following on gun bans: A decision by Georgia legislators to relax the state’s gun laws has led to a dispute over whether people can legally carry concealed firearms in the nation’s busiest airport, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International. A Georgia gun rights group filed a lawsuit in Federal District Court in Atlanta on […]
We’ve mentioned we are going to go to Alaska to watch the ice melt. That means no Internet from August 3 to August 10, inclusive, save maybe a visit to an Internet cafe to check e-mail. Those who might want to try their hand at guest blogging (or have an established blog and would cross […]