Outside the Beltway

The concentration of policy wonks in the Washington-New York-Boston corridor produces skewed analysis.

If you’re buying your gold from Glenn Beck, you’re a fool.

Some lawyers make a fabulous salary right out of law school. Most don’t.

Megan McArdle cites an academic article someone disagrees with, proving she’s a dishonest hack.

Congress and the White House are starting to stake out sides in the upcoming battle over extending the Bush tax cuts.

84 of 91 European banks passed their stress tests. How will investors react?

A rare case of a headline underhyping the story: “Survey: Half of Journalists Think Their Offline Publications Will Eventually Fold.”

Most research shows that unemployment benefits/insurance increases the duration of unemployment.

The inside story about a crappy wireless network’s loveless marriage with a beauty queen phone.

Steve Jobs took the heat off his crappy iPhone 4 by pointing out that other phones suck in different ways.

It’s a myth that the problem with Social Security is that people are living much longer after retirement than they used to. The reality is that a whole lot more people are living long enough to draw benefits.

Yet another “hidden” provision of ObamaCare is revealed to hold nasty surprises for America’s small business owners.

Recent debates over the economic and fiscal impact of the Bush tax cuts indicate that Republicans still haven’t learned the lessons of the Bush years.

Unpaid internships aren’t education and give kids of wealthy, well connected parents even more advantages. Should we get rid of them?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics is reporting that the CPI declined 0.1% last month. This makes for the third straight month that the CPI has declined. Is there reason to think that there is widespread deflation in the economy?

Nobody can really say whether the stimulus worked — or even define “worked” — but that doesn’t stop them from issuing pronouncements.

You’ve probably seen a lot of these signs popping up lately.

PBR is going upscale for the Chinese market.

The Washington DC area has the nation’s highest incomes.

The Senate’s stonewalling of unemployment benefits extension makes no sense.

Remember all those suddenly accelerating Toyotas ? Now, we’re learning the rest of the story.

The Department of the Interior has, unwisely and unnecessarily, reimposed the ban on deep water offshore drilling.

If Jon Kyl’s recent comments are any indication, Republicans haven’t learned their lesson just yet.

There are further signs that the economy will remain anemic through the end of 2010, if not longer.

A Princeton economist has devised a formula for a classic sitcom paradox.

Did LeBron James pick Miami because of income taxes ? Probably not.

President Obama was shocked –SHOCKED! — to learn that bureaucracy and contracting hassles delay construction projects.

A picture is more misleading than a thousand words.

What exactly is it about air conditioning that has some people so upset ?

Two widely-hyped reports have Wall Street firms donating less money to Democrats as payback for financial reform efforts. But a closer look reveals no such thing.

Age-adjusted unemployment is at its worst in more than a quarter century

There are a whole lot of reasons to be concerned about the economy.

So much for the Obama Administration’s “Summer of Recovery.”

The House GOP Leader is proposing that we get serious about Social Security reform.

A lot stands in the way of returning to pre-collapse employment levels in the USA.

President Obama’s powers of persuasion were severely lacking at the G-20 Summit this weekend.

Brilliant, funny TED Talk about the disconnect between cost and effectiveness.

LSU is facing some potential deep cuts in its budget.

The European drive — led by Germany, naturally — to tighten spending to get their fiscal house in order and the Obama administration’s insistence on Keynesian stimulus will make for tense negotiations at the G20 Summit.

The legendary food police are going after Ronald McDonald and his Happy Meals.

If you’re reading this at the office, are you stealing from your boss?