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Government Transfer Payments to Individuals as a Percent of Total County Personal Income, 2011

Amazing. Take a look at ‘government transfer payments to individulas as a percent of total county personal income, 2011′.  In many counties, especially in the south and southwest, the percent is as high as 30.4 to 54.5%.  USDA Economic Research … Continue reading

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Scholarly Research on the Effect of Right to Work Laws on Economic Outcomes

Many Cable-TV pundits are commenting on the effects of Right to Work laws on state and country economic outcomes. Unfortunately few have done their homework to examine what scholarly research finds. Stevans (2009)  offers a sophisticated study of the effects … Continue reading

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Effect of the Stimulus Program: 21 Economic Metrics

Michael Norman, JTF chief economist, provides a number of metrics to evaluate the effectiveness of the stimulus program (aka American Recovery Act). Each graph below has a horizontal axis ranging from March 2007 to March 2012. In addition Norman has … Continue reading

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Personal Income by Geographic Region

There are four major ways of examining personal income: Personal Income: Annual income received by persons from all sources measured at current prices (not adjusted for inflation). Personal Income Per Capita: Annual income received by persons from all sources measured … Continue reading

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