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• Markets in everything: 3d printing photo booth, luxury bunkers in London, cheap generators in NJ

  posted to CARPE DIEM on Mon 12th Nov 12

  1. Worlds First 3D Printing Photo Booth to Open in Japan, where you can have your portraits taken, except instead of a photograph, youll receive miniature replicas of yourselves.  Three sizes and prices will be available, approximately 4 inches ($262),

• Supreme Court hears arguments today on race based preferences in college admissions

  posted to CARPE DIEM on Wed 10th Oct 12

  In what will determine the future of race-based college admission policies in the U.S., the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments today in the affirmative-action case Fisher v. University of Texas.  The justices will then decide whether the University

• New Carpe Diem Site

  posted to CARPE DIEM on Fri 5th Oct 12

  For new posts please visit Carpe Diem's new home at The American Enterprise Institute.

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• "Decline of Manufacturing" is Global Phenomenon: And Yet the World Is Much Better Off Because of It

  posted to CARPE DIEM on Fri 29th Apr 11

  The chart above shows manufacturing output as a share of GDP, for both the world and the U.S., using United Nations data for GDP and its components at current prices in U.S. dollars from 1970 to 2009.  We hear all the time from Donald Trump and others

• Gasoline Taxes vs. Exxon Profit, per Gallon

  posted to CARPE DIEM on Wed 27th Apr 11

  The map above from API shows gasoline taxes by state (combined local, state and federal), which range from a low of 26.4 cents per gallon in Alaska to a high of of 66.1 cents per gallon in California, averaging 48.1 cents per gallon across all states. 

• NY Fed Model Suggests Economic Recovery Has Started, and Recession Will End This Year

  posted to CARPE DIEM on Tue 7th Apr 09

  According to the New York Fed, "Research beginning in the late 1980s documents the empirical regularity that the slope of the yield curve is a reliable predictor of future real economic activity."This afternoon, the New York Fed released its latest "Probability

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• Protecting Us from Monopoly by Protecting Privileged Producers from Competition

  posted to Cafe Hayek on Tue 27th Nov 12

  Here’s a letter to a member of the U.S. House of Representatives:Rep. Tom Rooney (R-FL)Dear Mr. Rooney:Proclaiming in the Daily Callerthat you oppose “subsidies or government intervention in markets” immediately before you launch into pleas

• Some Links

  posted to Cafe Hayek on Wed 19th Sep 12

  William Poole, former President and CEO of the St. Louis Fed, shares his expert thoughts on QE3.Speaking of QE3, George Selgin further elaborates his concerns in this response to Scott Sumner.Speaking of which, my GMU Econ colleague Larry White asks, in this

• Tuesday links: the folly of falling knife investing

  posted to Abnormal Returns on Tue 18th Sep 12

  Quote of the dayCullen Roche, “The bottom line is: if you spend your time worrying about catching the next falling knife to save your portfolio then youre probably doing something wrong to begin with.” (Pragmatic Capitalism)Chart of the dayStocks