Why Rising Yields Aren’t Bad for Bonds
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on November 14th, 2010 5:31 am by HL
Why Rising Yields Aren’t Bad for Bonds
Randall Forsyth, Barron's
It’s No Time for Public Sector Salaries to Soar
Joshua Greenman, NYDN
If Democrats know what's good for them, if they really care about connecting to the beleaguered middle class, they ought to react with strength and clarity to the embarrassing new report that federal workers' pay is soaring.Otherwise, they cede this very fertile political ground to Republicans, who are already jumping all over the news as evidence of an out-of-control federal bureaucracy.The USA Today analysis, based on data from the Office of Personnel Management, says that pay of federal workers is up broadly since 2005. And the number of highly-paid staffers has increased at…
Is Humanitarian Aid Bad for Africa?
Margaret Wente, Globe and Mail
Jump to main navigation Jump to main content If you’re over 35, you probably remember the terrible Ethiopian famine of 1984. Those images of starving babies shocked the conscience of the world. They also launched the age of celebrity aid, when rock stars put the arm on governments to make poverty history. No one was more energetic than Bob (now Sir Bob) Geldof, whose Band Aid and Live Aid concerts raised more than $100-million for relief organizations. “The face of hunger was transformed, and the face of aid was Ethiopian,” writes Peter Gill, in his important…
Why Women Need Pelosi
Cecile Richards, Huffington Post
