Contrasting Election Year Budgets

Two contrasting budget proposals: Congressman Paul Ryan's "Path to Prosperity" and President Obama's 2013 proposal.

Here are links to each proposal:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/budget/fy2013/assets/budget.pdf

http://budget.house.gov/uploadedfiles/pathtoprosperity2013.pdf

Hidden Inflation

After a class discussion on hidden inflation (shrinking package sizes, smaller portions, etc.) student Carlie Boyce found an actual half gallon of ice cream (note the emphasis on the package).

Efficiency or Chaos? Live In-class Auction Has Both!

Here are a few video clips from a recent in-class auction, a great teaching and learning tool, demonstrating the efficiency (and sometimes chaos) of free markets.

G20 Summit Promotes Job Growth

Members of the G20 meeting in Los Cabos, Mexico this week draft a resolution to focus on jobs and economic growth.  So far there are few details on the resolution.  Is this just good PR, or a firm commitment to jobs and growth?  Read about it here.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/economic-powers-united-in-resolve-to-promote-growth-and-jobs-g20/article4346906/?cmpid=rss1

Are You Better Off Today Than You Were Four Years Ago?

Read this article from the Weekly Standard by Jeff Bergner, coauthor of Branding the Candidate, check out the numbers on the chart below, then you decide.

http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/what-difference-four-years-makes_646849.html

How's That Again?

Economics of Higher Education

Here is an interesting article and  interview from the Wall Street Journal on controlling the rising cost of higher education through technology.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303640104577440513369994278.html?mod=ITP_thejournalreport_1