Research and the Economy

RETURN OF THE UNDERWEAR GNOMES, February 2012

The Underwear Gnomes have returned! Back in 1998, the hit Comedy Central show South Park released an episode that introduced the world to the Underwear Gnomes. The Underwear Gnomes have a unique business plan…

TORT ATTORNEY JOBS BILL, October 2011

The big winner in Obama’s jobs package will be none other than the trial lawyers. There is a provision in the President’s “must-pass” jobs bill that I guarantee will create some jobs…in the trial lawyer business!....

BLACK MAGIC, September 2011

It seems as if not a month goes by without our wizards of smart in Washington D.C. threatening some sort of government shutdown if one side or another does not get their way. The latest shutdown threat involves taking some of the funds allocated toward gr...

EQUAL UNDER THE LAW, September 2011

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. In 1776, Thomas Jefferson was tasked by his...

RED TAPE NATION, August 2011

The August 22, 2011 edition of the Wall Street Journal contained a column written by Laura Meckler titled White House to Scale Back Regulations on Business. I started reading this column at around 4:15 AM. My coffee hadn’t yet finished brewing at tha...

DEALING WITH THE S WORD, May 2011

Hold on to your hot dog! That summertime BBQ you were planning is going to cost you. The average food costs for a BBQ are up 29% from last year. Holding a BBQ for a dozen guests will cost you an additional $45 over last year excluding soda and alcohol. To ...

DISMAL RECORD, April 2011

Bill Parcells, the long-time and venerated football coach once stated and I happen to agree with, “You are what your record says you are.” With that being said let us take a look at the record of the Obama Stimulus Package and the Keynesian Playbook that w...

THE MARKOWSKI STIMULUS PROGRAM, February 2011

I was strongly against the 2008 stimulus package that President George W. Bush pushed for and Congress agreed to, which I dubbed the “Incumbent Protection Act of 2008.” I was also aghast at the monstrosity of a stimulus that the Obama administration rushed...