Pop quiz: what emerging market Islamic nation that has been an American military ally for more than half a century is not a major trading partner with the U.S.?
The answer is…Turkey. Though hopefully that answer will soon change, says Joshua Newell of the Reason Foundation.
The United States currently has
They weren’t looking for a bargain. The iPad lists at electronics retailer FNAC and other Brazilian stores for $985 (R6,620), almost twice as much as in the United States and one of the highest official prices for an iPad anywhere, according to Macworld Brazil, a Brazilian newsletter run by U.S.-based
Census Bureau director Robert Groves announced last week the first results of the 2010 census and the reapportionment of House seats (and therefore electoral votes) among the states, reports Michael Barone, a resident fellow with the American Enterprise Institute.
It’s hard to get a grasp of the numbers, but Barone shares
Beijing city will raise its minimum wage by 21 per cent, the second increase in six months, amid rising inflationary pressures and growing concern over China’s widening wealth gap.
The increase, which comes into effect on New Year’s day, raises the statutory minimum monthly wage in the Chinese capital to Rmb1,150
Most Americans are in government-subsidised insurance arrangements that largely insulate them from the cost of insurance and care. Open-ended federal support for health insurance coverage through Medicare, Medicaid and the tax exclusion for employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) plans is the major reason the federal budget today is in deep deficit, and
One of the most difficult economic concepts to grasp is that we live in a world of limited resources. For better or for worse, scarcity forces us to choose from among our many wants, says Matt Kibbe, president of FreedomWorks.
The Obama administration promises to "give" the American people more. But
