Daily Policy Digest
Economic Issues
| "Fiscal Cliff" Could Trigger Recession The fiscal cliff would drive the U.S. economy back into recession next year and result in a jump in the jobless rate to 9.1 percent by the end of 2013... |
| Future Storms Like Superstorm Sandy Could Bankrupt States Low cost insurance in coastal areas encourages people to build property in natural disaster-prone areas by reducing the costs of insuring against risks such as floods and storm damage... |
| Does Stock Market Performance Influence Retirement Intentions? It isn't clear whether there is any correlation between stock market performance and retirement decisions of those in the labor force... |
| Home Prices Climb Across Country The S&P's/Case-Shiller 20-city home-price index rose 2 percent in August compared to a year ago -- a 1.2 percent annual increase in July and the fastest pace in two years... |
| Who Needs Home Ownership? A democratic distribution of wealth and development can be achieved without the need for widespread home ownership... |
| Bogus Study Perpetuates Wage Gap Myths Women make 93 cents -- not 82 cents, as a new report claims -- on a man's dollar, after accounting for all college majors and occupation... |
| The Future of Bailouts and Dodd-Frank after the 2012 Election Smaller firms don't get the benefit of lower borrowing costs from the implied government support of the Dodd-Frank Act... |
| The Federal Reserve’s Third Quantitative Easing: QE3 Sets Sail Many critics argue that printing more money under the third round of quantitative easing would trigger hyper-inflation and a collapse of the dollar; however, those fears are misplaced, says Robert McTeer, a distinguished fellow with the National Center for Policy Analysis... |
| Lifting all Boats Since 1870, Americans' incomes have grown at the rate of about 2 percent per year... |
| "Fiscal Cliff" Already Hampering U.S. Economy The "fiscal cliff" is still two months off, but the scheduled blast of tax hikes and spending cuts has already wiped out nearly 1 million jobs this year alone... |
