How Low are American Taxes?

How Low are American Taxes?

Following up on our post from Sunday, we find another post in the New York Times Economix blog , this time from Reagan and Bush administr...

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Do We Need to Raise Taxes?

Do We Need to Raise Taxes?

At the New York Times Economix blog, Princeton Professor Uwe E. Reinhardt argues that higher taxes are necessary to restore the United Stat...

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Hawaii Least Stressed State for Third Straight Year; Stressed States Clustered in West, Northeast

Hawaii Least Stressed State for Third Straight Year; Stressed States Clustered in West, Northeast

In 2010, Hawaiian residents were the least likely to report having been stressed the previous day, according to Gallup daily surveys that e...

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More Americans Concerned about Raising Debt Limit than Government Default

More Americans Concerned about Raising Debt Limit than Government Default

More Americans fear the consequences of raising the debt limit than a potential government default, according to the most recent national s...

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15-Year High in Measles Cases Reported

15-Year High in Measles Cases Reported

As reported in a Time article , so far this year (January-May, 2011), 118 cases of measles have been reported in the United States. This nu...

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Think-Tanks Tackle Budget Deficit

Think-Tanks Tackle Budget Deficit

The deficit hawk Peter G. Peterson Foundation, created to tackle budget issues in 2008 by Nixon-administration Commerce Secretary and invest...

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California Ordered to Reduce Prison Population

California Ordered to Reduce Prison Population

On Monday, May 23 rd , a New York Times article reported that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the overcrowding of California’s prisons v...

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Country Remains Divided on Abortion Issue

Country Remains Divided on Abortion Issue

Gallup polling shows that the issue of abortion continues to split Americans down the middle, though for the first time since 2008 a slight...

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Report Shows Annual Wages in Largest Occupations Relatively Low

Report Shows Annual Wages in Largest Occupations Relatively Low

A report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) shows that in May 2010, most of the largest occupations--as measured by the number ...

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Americans Charge Government to Assist in Personal Economic Circumstances

Americans Charge Government to Assist in Personal Economic Circumstances

In March 2011, the Pew Economic Mobility Project conducted a follow-up poll to its 2009 survey of the public’s perceptions of economic mobil...

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Vast Majority Calls Favors More Stringent Wall Street Regulation

A Harris Interactive poll concludes that a staggering 83% of adults agree with the statement that "Wall Street should be subject to to...

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Foreclosed Homes Threaten to Further Weaken Housing Market

Foreclosed Homes Threaten to Further Weaken Housing Market

An article in the New York Times centered on the concern among some economists that the large number of foreclosed homes owned by banks an...

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Gallup: bin Laden Raid Increases Unpopularity of U.S. in Pakistan

Gallup: bin Laden Raid Increases Unpopularity of U.S. in Pakistan

Gallup polling of Pakistanis, conducted May 9-12, shows that the bin Laden raid has added to already largely negative views of the United S...

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Retail Salespersons and Cashiers Made Up Largest Occupations in 2010

Retail Salespersons and Cashiers Made Up Largest Occupations in 2010

An article from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Editor's Desk revealed that retail salespersons and cashiers were the occupations ...

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Obesity is a growing epidemic in the United States, but nowhere is that seen more than in Holmes county, Mississippi. Holmes county has had ...

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Down Huckabee, Race for GOP Presidential Nomination Without a Clear Leader

Down Huckabee, Race for GOP Presidential Nomination Without a Clear Leader

According to Gallup, following Mike Huckabee's decision to withdraw his name from consideration, the race for the 2012 GOP presidential...

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Student Loan Debt on the Rise

Student Loan Debt on the Rise

Mark Kantrowitz, publisher of Fastweb.com and FinAid.org recently came out with an analysis of the growing student debt for a college educat...

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Higher Education: Are We Getting Our Money's Worth?

Higher Education: Are We Getting Our Money's Worth?

A Pew Research Center survey of 2,142 adults conducted March 15-19, 2011 found a majority of Americans to be dissatisfied with the current ...

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Gas Price Concern Hits Three-Year High

Gas Price Concern Hits Three-Year High

Since 2001, Gallup has polled Americans monthly on what they feel is the largest problem currently facing the United States. Results this mo...

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ICPSR internship selections announced

We are pleased to announce the 7th season of the ICPSR Summer Internship Program for undergraduates. The Internship is a very popular progra...

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Economic Recovery and Medicare's Weakening Prospects

Economic Recovery and Medicare's Weakening Prospects

The Medicare trustees' annual report has set off another series of heated political debate about President Obama's health care law,...

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A Polarized American Populace

A new poll from the Pew Research Center suggests that the most engaged Americans are highly polarized, disagreeing on nearly every issue an...

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Pew Survey Finds Majority Believes Homosexuality Should Be Accepted, Increasing Percentage in Favor of Gay Marriage

Pew Survey Finds Majority Believes Homosexuality Should Be Accepted, Increasing Percentage in Favor of Gay Marriage

According to the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, a majority of Americans (58%) believe homosexuality should be accepted...

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TV Industry, Marketers Change Tune, Start Focusing on Older Clientele

According to a piece in the New York Times , advertisers and media executives have started to rethink their strategy of primarily targeting...

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Job Opening Level Continues Upward Trend But Still Trails Pre-Recession Figure

Job Opening Level Continues Upward Trend But Still Trails Pre-Recession Figure

A recent report published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that the number of job openings continues to increase, following an ...

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The New Rich?

The New Rich?

Wealthy people were considered to be less hurt by the economic downturn than the poor and middle class were, yet a new study from marketing ...

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ICPSR internship selections announced

We are pleased to announce the 7th season of the ICPSR Summer Internship Program for undergraduates. The Internship is a very popular progra...

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Coverage of bin Laden Story Outpaced Interest

Coverage of bin Laden Story Outpaced Interest

According to an article published by the Pew Research Center, the "near-record amount of news coverage" concerning bin Laden'...

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Obama's Higher Approval Rating Not Translating into Improved 2012 Prospects

Obama's Higher Approval Rating Not Translating into Improved 2012 Prospects

As has already been mentioned on this blog, polling three days after the death of Osama Bin Laden revealed a six-percent increase in Presid...

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Decline in Muslim Support for Osama Bin Laden Preceding Death

Decline in Muslim Support for Osama Bin Laden Preceding Death

As discussed in a recent Economist article , poll results from the Pew Research Center suggest that support for Osama Bin Laden had been wan...

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