Economics http://www.marketobservation.com/blogs/index.php?blog=10 en-US http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 "Retirement myth": by some measures, retirees are in a better position today than at any other time in modern history http://www.marketobservation.com/blogs/index.php/2013/05/05/retirement-myth-by-some-measures-retirees-are-in-a-better-position-today-than-at-any-other-time-in-modern-history?blog=10 Sun, 05 May 2013 07:14:29 +0000 editor of MarketObservation.com Economics United States 6777@http://www.marketobservation.com/blogs/ <p>...."<em>The notion that these challenges are new -- that there was some golden era when Americans were prepared to kick up their feet and enjoy retirement in financial security -- is a myth. By some measures, retirees are in a better position today than at any other time in modern history"...</em></p> <p>read more on The Motley Fool:</p> <p><a href="http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2013/05/02/the-biggest-retirement-myth-ever-told.aspx"><u>The Motley Fool: The Biggest Retirement Myth Ever Told, May 2,2013</u></a></p> <p><strong>Keywords:</strong> Retirement, Pension Funds</p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://www.marketobservation.com/blogs/index.php/2013/05/05/retirement-myth-by-some-measures-retirees-are-in-a-better-position-today-than-at-any-other-time-in-modern-history?blog=10">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div> ...."The notion that these challenges are new -- that there was some golden era when Americans were prepared to kick up their feet and enjoy retirement in financial security -- is a myth. By some measures, retirees are in a better position today than at any other time in modern history"...

read more on The Motley Fool:

The Motley Fool: The Biggest Retirement Myth Ever Told, May 2,2013

Keywords: Retirement, Pension Funds

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]]> http://www.marketobservation.com/blogs/index.php/2013/05/05/retirement-myth-by-some-measures-retirees-are-in-a-better-position-today-than-at-any-other-time-in-modern-history?blog=10#comments http://www.marketobservation.com/blogs/index.php?blog=10&tempskin=_rss2&disp=comments&p=6777 "Liberal Thinking" articles, videos and podcasts - good overview on actual publications of leading liberal think tanks http://www.marketobservation.com/blogs/index.php/2013/04/29/liberal-thinking-articles-videos-and-podcasts-good-overview-on-actual-publications-of-leading-liberal-think-tanks?blog=10 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 04:42:23 +0000 editor of MarketObservation.com Economics United States Economics Europe Economics Global 6776@http://www.marketobservation.com/blogs/ <p>You find below selected feeds of think tanks, institutes and institutions which support the idea of liberty and free markets. </p> <p>You find here comprehensive lists of libertarian think tanks around the globe:</p> <p><a href="http://libertapedia.org/wiki/List_of_libertarian_think_tanks"><u>List of libertarian think tanks (global list)</u></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.stockholm-network.org/network/details.php"><u>Stockholm Network (European)</u></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.cato.org/"><u><strong>Videos (on Youtube) of the Cato Institute (United States)</strong></u></a></p> <!-- start feedwind code --> <script type="text/javascript"> <!-- rssmikle_url="http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/base/users/catoinstitutevideo/uploads?alt=rss&amp;v=2&amp;orderby=published&amp;client=ytapi-youtube-profile"; 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rssmikle_frame_width="600"; rssmikle_frame_height="700"; rssmikle_target="_blank"; rssmikle_font=""; rssmikle_font_size="12"; rssmikle_border="on"; rssmikle_css_url=""; rssmikle_title="on"; rssmikle_title_bgcolor="#0066FF"; rssmikle_title_color="#FFFFFF"; rssmikle_title_bgimage="http://"; rssmikle_item_bgcolor="#FFFFFF"; rssmikle_item_bgimage="http://"; rssmikle_item_title_length="200"; rssmikle_item_title_color="#666666"; rssmikle_item_border_bottom="on"; rssmikle_item_description="on"; rssmikle_item_description_length="300"; rssmikle_item_description_color="#666666"; rssmikle_item_date="off"; rssmikle_item_description_tag="off"; rssmikle_item_podcast="icon"; //--> </script> <p></p><script type="text/javascript" src="http://feed.mikle.com/js/rssmikle.js"></script> <p></p><div style="font-size:10px; text-align:right;"> <p><a href="http://feed.mikle.com/en/" target="_blank" style="color:#CCCCCC;">FeedWind</a></p> <!--Please display the above link in your web page according to Terms of Service.--> </div> <p></p><!-- end feedwind code --><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://www.marketobservation.com/blogs/index.php/2013/04/29/liberal-thinking-articles-videos-and-podcasts-good-overview-on-actual-publications-of-leading-liberal-think-tanks?blog=10">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div> You find below selected feeds of think tanks, institutes and institutions which support the idea of liberty and free markets.

You find here comprehensive lists of libertarian think tanks around the globe:

List of libertarian think tanks (global list)

Stockholm Network (European)

Videos (on Youtube) of the Cato Institute (United States)

Podcast feed of the Cato Institute (United States)

The American Enterprise Institute (United States)

Mercatus Center (George Mason University, United States)

The Circle Bastiat(Mises, United States)

Videos (on Youtube) of The Adam Smith Institute (United Kingdom)

Institute of Economic Affairs IEA (United Kingdom)

Fondation pour L'Innovation Politique (France)

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]]> http://www.marketobservation.com/blogs/index.php/2013/04/29/liberal-thinking-articles-videos-and-podcasts-good-overview-on-actual-publications-of-leading-liberal-think-tanks?blog=10#comments http://www.marketobservation.com/blogs/index.php?blog=10&tempskin=_rss2&disp=comments&p=6776 US Employment:Oil and Gas Extraction January 1988 to March 2013 - market forces have created many jobs http://www.marketobservation.com/blogs/index.php/2013/04/16/us-employment-oil-and-gas-extraction-january-1988-to-march-2013?blog=10 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 03:48:13 +0000 editor of MarketObservation.com Economics United States 6773@http://www.marketobservation.com/blogs/ <p>US public debt is skyrocketing. Future reduction due to economic improvement wishful thinking?</p> <p><center><a href="http://www.aei-ideas.org/2013/04/market-forces-and-fracking-have-created-wealth-and-jobs/"><img src="http://www.marketobservation.com/blogs/media/blogs/Statistics/FrackingJobs.png" alt="" title="" width="566" height="403" /></a></center></p> <p><center>Source: <a href="http://www.aei-ideas.org/2013/04/market-forces-and-fracking-have-created-wealth-and-jobs/"><u>Mark Perry, AEI": Market forces have created many jobs</u></a></center></p> <p><strong>Keywords:</strong> US Employment, US Oil and Gas Extraction, Fracking</p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://www.marketobservation.com/blogs/index.php/2013/04/16/us-employment-oil-and-gas-extraction-january-1988-to-march-2013?blog=10">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div> US public debt is skyrocketing. Future reduction due to economic improvement wishful thinking?

Source: Mark Perry, AEI": Market forces have created many jobs

Keywords: US Employment, US Oil and Gas Extraction, Fracking

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]]> http://www.marketobservation.com/blogs/index.php/2013/04/16/us-employment-oil-and-gas-extraction-january-1988-to-march-2013?blog=10#comments http://www.marketobservation.com/blogs/index.php?blog=10&tempskin=_rss2&disp=comments&p=6773 FY2014 US Budget Proposals In Perspective http://www.marketobservation.com/blogs/index.php/2013/04/15/fy2014-us-budget-proposals-in-perspective?blog=10 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 05:48:08 +0000 editor of MarketObservation.com Economics United States 6772@http://www.marketobservation.com/blogs/ <p>Great comparison of budget proposals:</p> <p><a href="http://mercatus.org/publication/fy2014-budget-proposals-perspective?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MercatusHome+%28Mercatus+-+Main+Feed%29&amp;utm_content=FeedBurner"><u>Mercatus Center: FY2014 Budget Proposals In Perspective, April 11, 2013</u></a></p> <p><em>With the recent release of President Obama&#8217;s FY 2014 budget, it is important to put the budget numbers from the various proposals into proper perspective. These charts compare the patterns of future spending projections from the Senate Democratic budget by Chairman Patty Murray, House Republican budget by Chairman Paul Ryan, Senator Rand Paul&#8217;s budget, and the president&#8217;s budget.</em> <a href="http://mercatus.org/publication/fy2014-budget-proposals-perspective?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MercatusHome+%28Mercatus+-+Main+Feed%29&amp;utm_content=FeedBurner"><u>read more on the homepage of Mercatus Center</u></a></p> <p><strong>Keywords:</strong> US 2014 Budget, US Deficit, US Spending</p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://www.marketobservation.com/blogs/index.php/2013/04/15/fy2014-us-budget-proposals-in-perspective?blog=10">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div> Great comparison of budget proposals:

Mercatus Center: FY2014 Budget Proposals In Perspective, April 11, 2013

With the recent release of President Obama’s FY 2014 budget, it is important to put the budget numbers from the various proposals into proper perspective. These charts compare the patterns of future spending projections from the Senate Democratic budget by Chairman Patty Murray, House Republican budget by Chairman Paul Ryan, Senator Rand Paul’s budget, and the president’s budget. read more on the homepage of Mercatus Center

Keywords: US 2014 Budget, US Deficit, US Spending

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]]> http://www.marketobservation.com/blogs/index.php/2013/04/15/fy2014-us-budget-proposals-in-perspective?blog=10#comments http://www.marketobservation.com/blogs/index.php?blog=10&tempskin=_rss2&disp=comments&p=6772 Impact investments in local or regional opportunities http://www.marketobservation.com/blogs/index.php/2013/02/26/impact-investments-in-local-or-regional-opportunities?blog=10 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 06:58:08 +0000 editor of MarketObservation.com Economics United States 6768@http://www.marketobservation.com/blogs/ <p><a href="http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2222862"><u>Agnew, Lauryn, Impact Investing for Small, Place-Based Fiduciaries: The Research Study Initiated by the United Way of the Bay Area (December 30, 2012). Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Working Paper No. 2012-05 . Available at SSRN: <a href="http://ssrn.com/abstract=2222862">http://ssrn.com/abstract=2222862</a></u></a></p> <p><strong>Abstract:</strong><br /> <br /> <em>"This research discusses the process used to develop model equity and fixed income portfolios that could, if adopted by an organization, align 100% of the assets in its endowment fund with a mission to reduce poverty in the San Francisco Bay Area. Given that endowments funds must follow fiduciary standards of maximizing risk-adjusted performance, the model portfolios in the study were analyzed and tested against traditional, institutional non-impact benchmarks and portfolios and were found to provide similar risk and return expectations.</p> <p>The stock and bond model portfolios studied were screened for Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors that are proxies for a poverty alleviation mission and for a geographic focus on the San Francisco Bay Area. The custom universe was analyzed and portfolio of equities was optimized against the Russell 3000. The tracking error was measured to indicate a low degree of risk associated with these constraints (less than 2%). The model fixed income portfolio of Bay Area-based affordable housing and community development bonds was deemed to be more likely to show higher levels of impact than the equity portfolio, but the equity portfolio was deemed, by those participating in the study, to be a viable and prudent part of an overall impact investing endowment strategy.</p> This research could result in an increased interest in impact investing by fiduciaries of institutional assets, such as large endowments, private wealth pools, and defined benefit plans. It can also provide a rationale for institutions to develop a process and strategy for making impact investments in local or regional opportunities. Attracting the large investors to impact investing missions could provide a significant new source of funds to offer liquidity and to help identify and fund solutions to some of the social issues our communities face."</em><p> </p> <p><strong>Keywords:</strong> Impact Investing, Micro Finance</p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://www.marketobservation.com/blogs/index.php/2013/02/26/impact-investments-in-local-or-regional-opportunities?blog=10">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div> Agnew, Lauryn, Impact Investing for Small, Place-Based Fiduciaries: The Research Study Initiated by the United Way of the Bay Area (December 30, 2012). Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Working Paper No. 2012-05 . Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2222862

Abstract:

"This research discusses the process used to develop model equity and fixed income portfolios that could, if adopted by an organization, align 100% of the assets in its endowment fund with a mission to reduce poverty in the San Francisco Bay Area. Given that endowments funds must follow fiduciary standards of maximizing risk-adjusted performance, the model portfolios in the study were analyzed and tested against traditional, institutional non-impact benchmarks and portfolios and were found to provide similar risk and return expectations.

The stock and bond model portfolios studied were screened for Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors that are proxies for a poverty alleviation mission and for a geographic focus on the San Francisco Bay Area. The custom universe was analyzed and portfolio of equities was optimized against the Russell 3000. The tracking error was measured to indicate a low degree of risk associated with these constraints (less than 2%). The model fixed income portfolio of Bay Area-based affordable housing and community development bonds was deemed to be more likely to show higher levels of impact than the equity portfolio, but the equity portfolio was deemed, by those participating in the study, to be a viable and prudent part of an overall impact investing endowment strategy.

This research could result in an increased interest in impact investing by fiduciaries of institutional assets, such as large endowments, private wealth pools, and defined benefit plans. It can also provide a rationale for institutions to develop a process and strategy for making impact investments in local or regional opportunities. Attracting the large investors to impact investing missions could provide a significant new source of funds to offer liquidity and to help identify and fund solutions to some of the social issues our communities face."

Keywords: Impact Investing, Micro Finance

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]]> http://www.marketobservation.com/blogs/index.php/2013/02/26/impact-investments-in-local-or-regional-opportunities?blog=10#comments http://www.marketobservation.com/blogs/index.php?blog=10&tempskin=_rss2&disp=comments&p=6768 Today's relevance of Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged http://www.marketobservation.com/blogs/index.php/2013/02/10/today-s-relevance-of-ayn-rand-s-atlas-shrugged?blog=10 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 20:08:20 +0000 editor of MarketObservation.com Economics United States Economics Europe 6763@http://www.marketobservation.com/blogs/ <p><center><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/SGWuNq66v_0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center></p> <p><strong>Keywords:</strong> Reason, Rationality,Freedom, Libery</p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://www.marketobservation.com/blogs/index.php/2013/02/10/today-s-relevance-of-ayn-rand-s-atlas-shrugged?blog=10">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div>

Keywords: Reason, Rationality,Freedom, Libery

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]]> http://www.marketobservation.com/blogs/index.php/2013/02/10/today-s-relevance-of-ayn-rand-s-atlas-shrugged?blog=10#comments http://www.marketobservation.com/blogs/index.php?blog=10&tempskin=_rss2&disp=comments&p=6763 US public debt development since 1980 http://www.marketobservation.com/blogs/index.php/2013/01/28/public-debt-development-since-1980?blog=10 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 14:43:35 +0000 editor of MarketObservation.com Economics United States 6760@http://www.marketobservation.com/blogs/ <p>US public debt is skyrocketing. Future reduction due to economic improvement wishful thinking?</p> <p><center><a href="http://www.aei-ideas.org/2013/01/public-debt-skyrockets-while-private-debt-plunges/"><img src="http://www.marketobservation.com/blogs/media/blogs/Statistics/FedGovDebt2013.jpg" alt="" title="" width="566" height="403" /></a></center></p> <p><center>Source: <a href="http://www.aei-ideas.org/2013/01/public-debt-skyrockets-while-private-debt-plunges/"><u>Mark Perry, AEI"</u></a></center></p> <p><strong>Keywords:</strong> US Debt, US Economy</p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://www.marketobservation.com/blogs/index.php/2013/01/28/public-debt-development-since-1980?blog=10">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div> US public debt is skyrocketing. Future reduction due to economic improvement wishful thinking?

Source: Mark Perry, AEI"

Keywords: US Debt, US Economy

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]]> http://www.marketobservation.com/blogs/index.php/2013/01/28/public-debt-development-since-1980?blog=10#comments http://www.marketobservation.com/blogs/index.php?blog=10&tempskin=_rss2&disp=comments&p=6760 On the relationship between prosperity and freedom http://www.marketobservation.com/blogs/index.php/2013/01/18/on-the-relationship-between-prosperity-and-freedom?blog=10 Fri, 18 Jan 2013 06:30:46 +0000 editor of MarketObservation.com Economics Global 6758@http://www.marketobservation.com/blogs/ <p>Mercatus Center published a good article on the relationship between economic prosperity and freedom:</p> <p><a href="http://mercatus.org/publication/economic-freedom-and-economic-privilege"><u>Mercatus Center: Economic Freedom and Economic Privilege, Matthew Mitchell, Jan. 10, 2013</u></a></p> <p><strong>Keywords:</strong> Freedom, Growth, Wealth, Prosperity</p> <p><strong>Related:</strong></p> <p>Previous MarketObservation posts, covering the subject of "economic freedom":</p> <p><a href="http://www.marketobservation.com/blogs/index.php?blog=1&amp;s=economic+freedom&amp;sentence=AND&amp;submit=Search"><u>"Economic Freedom" on MarketObservation</u></a></p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://www.marketobservation.com/blogs/index.php/2013/01/18/on-the-relationship-between-prosperity-and-freedom?blog=10">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div> Mercatus Center published a good article on the relationship between economic prosperity and freedom:

Mercatus Center: Economic Freedom and Economic Privilege, Matthew Mitchell, Jan. 10, 2013

Keywords: Freedom, Growth, Wealth, Prosperity

Related:

Previous MarketObservation posts, covering the subject of "economic freedom":

"Economic Freedom" on MarketObservation

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