Ben Muse and Econbrowser reader Movie Guy (in the comments to this post) have been investigating some information disseminated by the Department of Homeland Security that appears to be misleading or inaccurate.
Just how implausible is a gasoline tax?
New poll results on energy
Tempest in a Sea Port
The United-Arab-Emirates-based company Dubai Ports World has graciously requested a new 45-day review in the hopes of allaying concerns about its proposal to take over the British-based company P&O, which if approved would allow DP World to operate 11 of the 43 terminals at the ports of 6 U.S. cities. Here I summarize a few of the issues that have been raised about this takeover.
Not to worry about the January durable goods figures
There are things you may fret about, but the most recent statistics on durable goods orders shouldn’t be one of them.
Iraq’s electricity challenges
Those who want to see Iraq’s democracy fail have targeted electricity production as one of the key strategic objectives of the conflict. Those who want to see Iraq succeed would be wise to do likewise.
A Critique of Pure Dark Matter
Net income on the balance of payments might be essentially zero in 2005q4
Oil at $15-30 a barrel?
Arnold Kling was surprised by what he found in the energy chapter of the Economic Report of the President.
Nigeria back in the news
And the news is not good.
Tackling “Oil Addiction”?
Cognitive Dissonance in the 2006 Economic Report of the President
Capital corruption
The case against my former representative in Congress, Randy “Duke” Cunningham (R-CA), is pretty unbelievable.