America’s Shale Boom Is A Major Job Creator
Investors Business Daily Silicon Valley may get better press, but in this period of dismal employment growth it's the oft-maligned hydrocarbon sector that's creating more jobs faster.
Don’t Punish Energy Producers for Wall Street’s Misdeeds
e21: Economic Policies For The 21st Century, Spencer Abraham & Mark P. Mills Congressional passage of Dodd-Frank was intended to address the root causes of the 2008 financial collapse. Most people think that the legislation just applies to banks. But swept into Dodd-Frank are the financial tools used by major energy producers and consumers to…
Drilling for More Jobs in America’s Heartland
RealClearEnergy With America's economy stuck in a lethargic "recovery mode" and the all-Washington all-media focus on the Affordable Care Act, President Obama took to the road last month to give a speech in Ohio about jobs and manufacturing. Buried in that speech we find a brief nod to the benefits of increased American oil and…
The Dodd-Frank energy train wreck
with Spencer Abraham …. The Energy Daily There is an ironclad rule when it comes to energy politics: prices matter. And specifically when they spike up. Meanwhile, there is a reality in the business of energy that you can take to the bank—energy is a volatile commodity and there are…
Dodd-Frank And Energy Price Stability: Time To Reign-In Unintended Consequences
with Spencer Abraham … Special Report Congressional passage of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act was intended to address the root causes of the 2008 financial collapse. Dodd-Frank’s 848 pages have via rule-making at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) ballooned into 14,000 pages of rules with only 40 percent of…
Not Dead Yet — America’s manufacturing sector shows signs of life.
City Journal Conventional wisdom holds that America’s transition from a manufacturing to a service-based economy is nearly complete. Mining and making stuff are out; surgery and software development are in. The U.S. has entered a post-industrial era. Not so fast, says Vaclav Smil. In his new book, Made in the U.S.A.: The Rise and Retreat of…