By Geoffrey Wickes Everyone likes driving fast, but nobody wants to crash their car. Similarly, some people might like the idea of legal marijuana, but nobody wants to deal with all the social problems that come with it. The laws designed to prevent these consequences vary wildly across the country, almost in a schizophrenic manner. While […]
Unemployment in the Eleventh Hour: Labor Statistics and Election 2012
by Alex Engler “I expect we’re either going to see a bit of an acceleration of payroll jobs, or we’re going to see the unemployment rate go back up.” That is former Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Commissioner Keith Hall, who would not be surprised to see a rise in the unemployment rate resulting from […]