Lots of companies like this one. Or maybe, lots of companies have the opportunity like this one. ============= By Stephen Moore March 13, 2015 6:39 p.m. ET Here’s a question that has been puzzling Patrick Doyle, the CEO of Domino’s, for months, as he puts it: “How do we list the calorie content of our pizzas on a menu when we have 34 million... Read more
Archive for the ‘Economics’ Category
How Pizza Became a Growth Stock
March 14 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Business, EconomicsFossil Fuels Will Save the World (Really)
March 14 | Posted by mrossol | Economics, Environment, Global Warming, Politically correct, ScienceI think the right honorable gentleman makes some very keen observations. === By Matt Ridley March 13, 2015 5:33 p.m. ET The environmental movement has advanced three arguments in recent years for giving up fossil fuels: (1) that we will soon run out of them anyway; (2) that alternative sources of energy will price them out of the marketplace; and (3) that we cannot... Read more
The Right-to-Work Advantage
March 7 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Economics, Labor, Party Politics, UnionsMore discussion would be welcome! ============= By Luke Hilgemann And David Fladeboe March 4, 2015 6:51 p.m. ET Wisconsin will likely become the nation’s 25th right-to-work state within the next week. No longer will the Badger State’s private-sector employees be compelled to join a labor union and pay dues as a condition of employment. Debates over this contentious public policy are usually cast as fights... Read more
Book Review: ‘American Made’
March 7 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Economics, Party PoliticsNucor, one of the world’s most profitable steel companies, hasn’t laid off an employee in 42 years in the business. What’s its secret? ======== CHARLES R. MORRIS March 3, 2015 7:02 p.m. ET Nucor is one of the world’s most profitable steel companies and the only North American steel company to have an investment-grade bond rating. Dan DiMicco was its chief executive from 2000... Read more
The Mumbo-Jumbo of ‘Middle-Class Economics’
March 7 | Posted by mrossol | Democrat Party, Economics, Party PoliticsYou can prove anything with numbers. This article addresses a prime example of this ‘truism’. It also reinforces the importance of “defining terms”. ======= By Alan Reynolds March 2, 2015 7:01 p.m. ET In the “Economic Report of the President” released on Feb. 19, the White House’s Council of Economic Advisers defines “middle class economics” primarily by the average income of the bottom 90%.... Read more
