Mark J. PerryinAmerican Enterprise InstituteOverall the NFL gets a letter grade of A+ for players’ race, but an F- for kickers and puntersThe Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES) at the University of Central Florida produces regular “racial and gender report…Sep 3, 2017Sep 3, 2017
Mark J. PerryinAmerican Enterprise InstituteNever underestimate the power of the private sector to rise up to any challengeBecause of a hurricane of claims of price gouging in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, the private sector in Texas and Louisiana is getting…Sep 1, 2017Sep 1, 2017
Mark J. PerryinAmerican Enterprise InstituteInspired by Hurricane Harvey, I propose the Maximum Temperature Act to stop unconscionable…Inspired by events following Hurricane Harvey, how about a “Maximum Temperature Act”? Specifically, couldn’t the government intervene in…Sep 1, 2017Sep 1, 2017
Mark J. PerryinAmerican Enterprise InstituteChanneling Bastiat: If you don’t object to free light from the Sun, you shouldn’t object to…In the mid-1800s, the French government imposed tariffs on numerous imported foreign goods, on everything from sewing needles to…Aug 16, 2017Aug 16, 2017
Mark J. PerryTable of the day: Bachelor’s degrees by field and gender for the Class of 2015The table above shows the number of bachelor’s degrees by field and gender for the College Class of 2015, ranked by the female share of…Aug 16, 2017Aug 16, 2017
Mark J. PerryWe should thank China for doing more to raise our standard of living than any country in America’s…The chart above shows the amazing deflation that has taken place in the US for durable goods (vehicles and parts, household furnishing…Jun 5, 2017Jun 5, 2017
Mark J. PerryThe latest solar scam: “Investing” in “solar timeshares” aka “community solar gardens.”Suppose you’re a green, progressive, anti-fossil fuel “watermelon” who voted for Hillary Clinton and/or supported Bernie Sanders and…Jun 5, 2017Jun 5, 2017
Mark J. PerryinAmerican Enterprise InstitutePutting America’s ridiculously large $18.6TThe map above (click to enlarge) was created (with assistance from AEI’s graphic design director Olivier Ballou) by matching the economic…May 17, 2017May 17, 2017
Mark J. PerryinAmerican Enterprise InstituteUsing CEO pay for the Russell 3000 firms brings AFL-CIO’s CEO-to-worker pay ratio from 347 to only…The chart above shows various CEO-to-worker pay ratios under two assumptions about which CEOs are considered, several different assumptions…May 17, 2017May 17, 2017
Mark J. PerryinAmerican Enterprise InstituteCreative destruction: Thousands of traditional retailers close as consumers switch to online…Traditional retailers have been struggling in the 21st century, and there’s been a steady stream of news highlighting those struggles. For…Apr 1, 2017Apr 1, 2017
