Assorted Links (10/2/2009)

Here’s a list of articles that I have been reading today (organized by topic):

Economics

Wall Street Journal: “Union leaders hated the flexible work rules and eventually got rid of them.”

  • The Young and the Jobless

Wall Street Journal: “The minimum wage hike has driven the wages of teen employees down to $0.00.”

Wall Street Journal: “The Whole Foods founder talks about his Journal health-care op-ed that spawned a boycott, how he deals with unions, and why he thinks CEOs are overpaid.”

Foreign Policy

  • Obama’s French Lesson, by Charles Krauthammer

Washington Post: Quote from French President Sarkozy: “President Obama, I support the Americans’ outstretched hand. But what did the international community gain from these offers of dialogue? Nothing.”