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Election Watch: Ad War Heats Up, Romney Goes Abroad

The last week has continued the earlier pattern of daily fireworks in the presidential contest (excepting a brief pause in hostilities immediately after the Aurora…

Can American Idol Tell Us if Young People are Going Back to Work?

Economists are constantly coming up with offbeat and fun economic indicators. We’ve seen the economy explained through hemlines, long-distance relationships and even the toughness of…

Election Watch: Romney Fights Bain Allegations, Minority Vote in Question

Despite the languorous weather and the decamping of many Americans to Vacationland, the election season is staying lively, and will probably remain so at least…

GOP Guts Teen Pregnancy Prevention

If U.S. conservatives have made any useful contribution to anti-poverty policy, it’s driving home this crucial point: family structure matters. The whole vicious cycle of…

PPI Battleground Home Value Index: Prices Will Only Increase From Here

PPI’s monthly look at home values in 16 potential 2012 battleground states–our Battleground Home Values Index, May ’12– confirms values have bottomed, and are now…

Some Good News That Obama Should Be Touting

Will Marshall compiled four positive economic stories for Real Clear Politics that President Obama should be making better use of in his campaign for re-election….

Let’s Kill the Mortgage Interest Deduction and Replace It With This

The Atlantic highlights PPI’s proposal to create “HomeK” accounts for home buyers to aid in the purchase of new homes. The article further suggests that…

Telecom and oil companies top ‘Investment Heroes’ list

The Washington Post covers Diana Carew’s and Michael Mandel’s Investment Heroes paper, focusing on the strong telecoms and energy presence amongst the leading companies. AT&T,…

Manufacturing and Inflation

PPI’s Michael Mandel was cited over at Slate about the potential to decrease unemployment through an increase in manufacturing jobs in the United States. While…

China’s ‘Sweetheart Deal’ to Foreign Firms

PPI’s chief economic strategist Michael Mandel discusses whether China does capitalism better than the U.S. on CNBC’s “Closing Bell.”