If you go to regulations.gov and select "newly posted regulations", you'll see that there's been 24,476 of them in the last year.
For me, that seems quite a lot. But I'm not a trained academic, so perhaps my reading speed is abnormally low. —R On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 3:06 PM, Russ Abbott <russ.abb...@gmail.com> wrote: > <snip> > With respect to uncertainty due to new regulations, I'll believe it when > you can show me all the new regulations that have been put in place in the > past 2 years. (Very few!) > > <snip> > > > *-- Russ Abbott* > *_____________________________________________* > *** Professor, Computer Science* > * California State University, Los Angeles* > > * Google voice: 747-*999-5105 > * blog: *http://russabbott.blogspot.com/ > vita: http://sites.google.com/site/russabbott/ > *_____________________________________________* > > > > On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 1:55 PM, Owen Densmore <o...@backspaces.net>wrote: > >> Great pointer to Clinton's points. >> >> In terms of uncertainty, I think there are two different kinds being >> discussed. >> - The republicans discuss certainty in regulations and new laws. >> - Tom discusses certainty of the job market and downturn direction. >> >> -- Owen >> >> >> On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 11:39 AM, Russ Abbott <russ.abb...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > I'm, pretty skeptical about the uncertainty argument. That seems to me >> to be >> > a Republican ploy to argue for lower taxes, which in their view is the >> > solution no matter what the problem is. For the most part companies >> aren't >> > hiring or adding new production capacity because there isn't the demand >> to >> > justify it. >> > >> > But there are some things that can be done. Here are some very ideas >> that >> > Bill Clinton is suggesting. We miss him as president. >> > >> > -- Russ Abbott >> > _____________________________________________ >> > Professor, Computer Science >> > California State University, Los Angeles >> > >> > Google voice: 747-999-5105 >> > blog: http://russabbott.blogspot.com/ >> > vita: http://sites.google.com/site/russabbott/ >> > _____________________________________________ >> > >> > >> > >> > On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 9:08 AM, Owen Densmore <o...@backspaces.net> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> Tom Friedman's Op Ed >> >> >> >> >> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/12/opinion/12friedman.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss >> >> >> >> He starts with shocking mortgage statistics, but then discusses >> >> unemployment and its causes via this report: >> >> http://www.mckinsey.com/mgi/publications/us_jobs/index.asp >> >> >> >> Quote: McKinsey Global Institute released a long study of the >> >> structural issues ailing the U.S. job market, entitled: “An Economy >> >> That Works: Job Creation and America’s Future.” It begins: “Only in >> >> the most optimistic scenario will the United States return to full >> >> employment before 2020. Achieving this outcome will require sustained >> >> demand growth, rising U.S. competitiveness in the global economy and >> >> better matching of U.S. workers to jobs.” >> >> >> >> Interestingly enough, they still feel education is important but >> >> stress areas of current need. >> >> >> >> BTW: The tech bubble folks are afraid of is likely NOT to be one. Marc >> >> Andreessen (admittedly a techie) has compiled P/E ratios of the new >> >> tech market and shows them to be well under traditional values. They'd >> >> please any conservative investor. >> >> >> >> Tom is concerned about the Uncertainty Tax .. our loss of production >> >> due to fear of downturn unknowns, but ends: Any good news? Yes, U.S. >> >> corporations are getting so productive and sitting on so much cash, >> >> just a few big, smart, bipartisan decisions by Congress on taxes and >> >> spending (and mortgages) and I think this whole economy starts to >> >> improve again. Workers with skills will be the first to be hired. >> >> >> >> -- Owen >> >> >> >> ============================================================ >> >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> >> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >> > >> > >> > ============================================================ >> > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >> > >> > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >
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