http://mercatus.org/feeds/home en http://mercatus.org/media_clipping/bank-reforms-pinch-consumer-credit Media Clipping Todd Zywicki was quoted on swipe-fee restrictions in The Washington Times. ]]> http://mercatus.org/media_clipping/bank-reforms-pinch-consumer-credit Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:33:27 -0700 http://mercatus.org/media_clipping/pension-envy-pension-crisis Media Clipping Todd Zywicki was on WBUR discussing the pension crisis. ]]> http://mercatus.org/media_clipping/pension-envy-pension-crisis Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:14:09 -0700 http://mercatus.org/media_clipping/high-unemployment-and-education-deficit Media Clipping Bruce Yandle has a guest post at Reuteurs about how an education deficit is contributing to high unemployment. ]]> http://mercatus.org/media_clipping/high-unemployment-and-education-deficit Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:06:27 -0700 http://mercatus.org/media_clipping/88-keys-economy Media Clipping Don Boudreaux's new column looks at how stimulus spending affects the economy. ]]> http://mercatus.org/media_clipping/88-keys-economy Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:28:19 -0700 http://mercatus.org/media_clipping/our-bloated-government-cant-fight-obesity Media Clipping A recent Mercatus study on the ineffectiveness of the soda tax is cited in this Washington Times article. ]]> http://mercatus.org/media_clipping/our-bloated-government-cant-fight-obesity Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:00:00 -0700 http://mercatus.org/video/transparency-caucus-public-qa-panel Video The Panel on the Future of Government Transparency was given on April 29th, 2010 after the announcement of the formation of a Transparency Caucus in Congress. Following a panel discussion, the floor was opened up to the public for a questions and answers session. ]]> http://mercatus.org/video/transparency-caucus-public-qa-panel Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:26:29 -0700 http://mercatus.org/video/transparency-caucus-panel-future-government-transparency Video This panel was given on April 29th, 2010 after the announcement of the formation of a Transparency Caucus in Congress. ]]> http://mercatus.org/video/transparency-caucus-panel-future-government-transparency Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:08:54 -0700 http://mercatus.org/media_clipping/unpresidential-president Media Clipping Veronique de Rugy's blog post on the “car battery story” at NRO's The Corner is cited by Power Line. ]]> http://mercatus.org/media_clipping/unpresidential-president Wed, 28 Jul 2010 06:02:14 -0700 http://mercatus.org/publication/unrighteous-piece-business Publication To what extent can outsiders impose sustainable change on insiders acting within existing institutional arrangements? This paper explores this question in the context of the American Reconstruction experience in Memphis, Tennessee and offers implications for current and future efforts by outsiders to engage in institutional change. ]]> http://mercatus.org/publication/unrighteous-piece-business Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:06:58 -0700 http://mercatus.org/media_clipping/when-does-fiscal-stimulus-work Media Clipping Tyler Cowen’s skepticism of the fiscal stimulus is blogged on. ]]> http://mercatus.org/media_clipping/when-does-fiscal-stimulus-work Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:00:26 -0700 http://mercatus.org/media_clipping/cash-piles Media Clipping Tyler Cowen’s blog post on rising corporate profits is cited by The Economist's Free Exchange blog. ]]> http://mercatus.org/media_clipping/cash-piles Wed, 28 Jul 2010 06:00:07 -0700 http://mercatus.org/media_clipping/can-nj-keep-its-pension-promises-no-way-many-officials-concede Media Clipping Eileen Norcross’s recent study on New Jersey's unfunded pension systems is cited by The Daily Record. ]]> http://mercatus.org/media_clipping/can-nj-keep-its-pension-promises-no-way-many-officials-concede Wed, 28 Jul 2010 06:01:32 -0700 http://mercatus.org/media_clipping/economics-gypsies Media Clipping Peter Leeson’s study on the economics of Gypsies is reviewed by the New York Times' Freakonomics blog. ]]> http://mercatus.org/media_clipping/economics-gypsies Wed, 28 Jul 2010 06:04:18 -0700 http://mercatus.org/media_clipping/course-economy-hinges-fight-over-stimulus Media Clipping Robert Barro is quoted on government spending. ]]> http://mercatus.org/media_clipping/course-economy-hinges-fight-over-stimulus Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:42:34 -0700 http://mercatus.org/publication/federal-rulemaking-and-regulatory-process Publication In this testimony, Richard Williams, Director of Regulatory Studies and Government Accountability at the Mercatus Center, addresses the key question of whether there are sufficient checks and balances on federal regulatory agencies. He recommends that 1) all aspects of regulations should be evidence-based, 2) that OIRA analysts should be focused on their role as quality control officers, and 3) that an examination should be made to determine the extent to which too many regulations result in organizational issues that adversely affect the underlying goals regulations are intended to address. ]]> http://mercatus.org/publication/federal-rulemaking-and-regulatory-process Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:47:12 -0700 http://mercatus.org/media_clipping/liberal-elites-and-conservative-illusions Media Clipping Arnold Kling’s Econlog post on neo-reactionaries is cited in the The New York Times and Instapundit ]]> http://mercatus.org/media_clipping/liberal-elites-and-conservative-illusions Tue, 27 Jul 2010 08:39:40 -0700 http://mercatus.org/media_clipping/culture-club-does-nation-s-culture-need-federal-protection Media Clipping Tyler Cowen is quoted in the Boston Globe on the arts in American society. ]]> http://mercatus.org/media_clipping/culture-club-does-nation-s-culture-need-federal-protection Wed, 28 Jul 2010 06:12:23 -0700 http://mercatus.org/media_clipping/new-jersey-still-underfunding-its-pension-system Media Clipping The New Jersey Pensions study by Eileen Norcross is quoted in Press of Atlantic City ]]> http://mercatus.org/media_clipping/new-jersey-still-underfunding-its-pension-system Tue, 27 Jul 2010 08:29:57 -0700 http://mercatus.org/media_clipping/white-house-narrows-2010-deficit-estimate-147-trillion Media Clipping David Primo is quoted on low federal tax returns in Bloomberg and the San Francisco Chronicle ]]> http://mercatus.org/media_clipping/white-house-narrows-2010-deficit-estimate-147-trillion Tue, 27 Jul 2010 08:26:53 -0700 http://mercatus.org/media_clipping/gridlock-and-debt-index Media Clipping Tyler Cowen is quoted in the Washington Post Online on the debt-to-GDP ratio ]]> http://mercatus.org/media_clipping/gridlock-and-debt-index Tue, 27 Jul 2010 08:19:52 -0700