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Check out the Free Market Project's report on The Media's Top Ten Economic Myths of 2005.
Is The AP's Martin Crutsinger Lowballing Economic Growth Expectations
On December 7, The Associated Press's Martin Crutsinger reported on a rise in factory orders and productivity growth, and quoted an expert who predicted good times ahead:
"The momentum of growth has been very strong," said Nariman Behravesh, chief economist at Global Insight in Lexington, Mass. "This suggests that growth in the fourth quarter of this year and early next year will remain robust…
Let's Just Agree to Disagree
Two stories on the same Manpower employment report: Hiring Outlook Bright For 2006 - CBS NewsNew year job market bleak - NewsdayI like the opening to the Newsday article: Waiting for January to find a new job? It might not happen even then. If you need a job, you might not want to just sit around for a month waiting for one to fall in your lap, because as Newsday so insightfully points out, it…
Newsweek: “Bush Might Be The Most Isolated President in Modern Histo
The latest issue of Newsweek featured an almost 4,000 word article – written by Evan Thomas and Richard Wolffe, with assistance from Holly Bailey, Daniel Klaidman, Eleanor Clift, Michael Hirsh and John Barry – that painted a pretty bleak picture of President Bush as possibly being “the most isolated president in modern history.” The authors referred to Bush as being in a “bubble” that blocks out…
