What I’m Reading — September 6th
- What Washingtonians Make.
- The Cupcake Boom.
- Mitch Daniels Explains the Need for Fiscal Responsibility in the States. “The coming state government reset will be particularly wrenching after the happy binge that preceded this recession. During the last decade, states increased their spending by an average of 6% per year, gusting to 8% during 2007-08. Much of the government institutions built up in those years will now have to be dismantled.”
- The Tories’ Privatization Scheme. It sounds like a fine idea, but the justification is a bit odd. Aren’t there better reasons to privatize government-run industries other than short-term revenue gains? I hope and expect the Conservatives are making this point.