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Catherine Burt is the active voice for compassionate causes.
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Matt Gerrish covers sports with a Northern Utah point of view.
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Just another Standard-Examiner Blogs site
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The Standard-Examiner’s Online General Manager, Mark Shenefelt
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Weber State Athletics Coverage from Roy Burton
Author Archives: Vijay Mathur
Federal income tax disfavors labor and skill accumulation
Our federal income tax system favors capital gains and dividends over wage and salary income that includes earnings from labor and human capital (human asset consisting of skills, talents and creativity). Currently the maximum tax rate on long-term capital gains … Read More
Asymmetric information and mortgage crisis
In any market transaction both buyers and sellers must have the same accurate information for efficient market outcomes. Many politicians, especially right wing conservative Republicans and Tea Party types, emphasize the roll of “free” markets (unencumbered by too many regulations) … Read More
College student loan and debt crisis
The politics has become very divisive and the Congress is so paralyzed that the nation is moving from crisis to crisis. After the mortgage crisis we entered the debt crisis and now we are entering the student loan crisis. The … Read More
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged College student loan crisis, Congress, Debt crisis, Standard-Examiner
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Cyclical vs. structural policies to revive the economy
On May 7, 2012, in “The Opinion Pages” of The New York Times (www.nytimes.com ), David Brooks, a New York Times columnist, argues in his piece “The Structural Revolution”, that the US economy cannot be put on the path of … Read More
A closer look at the unemployment picture
Politicians, media pundits, many economists and other observers of the current state of the economy are so obsessed with the aggregate unemployment rate that any discussion on the economy loses sight of the real issues behind the high current unemployment … Read More
Pricing public higher education
It is always difficult to decide an appropriate tuition (price) level at public universities and colleges, partly due to public funding of higher education. The decision is fraught with political implications. Most taxpayers are of the view that tuitions at … Read More
Economics of Tort Law and the Ragsdale decision
On February 28, the Utah Supreme Court ruled on a case, filed on behalf of the children (aged 4 and 19 months) of murdered Kristy Ragsdale (mother). The plaintiffs’ attorney argued that prescription medications, provided to David Ragsdale (father) by … Read More
Federal lands belong to all Americans, and not just to Utahns
Rep. Stephen G. Handy of Utah, in his opinion piece in the Standard Examiner, March 2, 2012, defended Utah Legislature’s attempt to usurp federal lands in Utah. This week Utah House passed some bills that demand federal government to pass … Read More
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Tagged Education, Federal lands, Rep. Stephen Handy, U.S. Constitution, United States, Utah
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Support for education in Utah
It seems that education support among Utah politicians goes through a cycle. This education support cycle is like a business cycle, though shorter, that reaches a peak of political pronouncement of support when the legislative session begins, and a trough … Read More
Creative destruction and Bain Capital
One of the great supporters of capitalism was a 20th century economist, Joseph Schumpeter. His ideas on capitalism were presented first in his book, The Theory of Economic Development, in German in 1911, and further expanded his views on capitalism … Read More