Thursday, August 20, 2009

The Swedish Model

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The Swedish Model , by Richard W. Rahn This article appeared in the Washington Times on August 18, 2009 Do you think America would be better...

Mount Sinai's Scare Campaign

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Mount Sinai's Scare Campaign (and John Stossel's reaction) . By Elizabeth M. Whelan, Sc.D., M.P.H. ACSH, August 19, 2009 ACSH's ...
Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Don't Set Speed Limits on Trading - Why penalize efficiency? It creates deep and liquid markets

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Don't Set Speed Limits on Trading . By ARTHUR LEVITT JR. Why penalize efficiency? It creates deep and liquid markets. WSJ, Aug 18, 2009 ...
Monday, August 17, 2009

We Don't Spend Enough on Health Care

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We Don't Spend Enough on Health Care . By CRAIG S. KARPEL It's crazy to adopt a bean-counting mentality amid revolutionary, albeit e...
Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Arizona’s Budget Breakthrough - An alternative to California’s tax and spend model

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Arizona’s Budget Breakthrough . WSJ Editorial An alternative to California’s tax and spend model. WSJ, Aug 11, 2009 Perhaps states are start...

The Next Fannie Mae: Ginnie Mae and FHA are becoming $1 trillion subprime guarantors

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The Next Fannie Mae . WSJ Editorial Ginnie Mae and FHA are becoming $1 trillion subprime guarantors. The Wall Street Journal, p A16, Aug 11,...

Corporate Earnings Are No Sign of Recovery

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Corporate Earnings Are No Sign of Recovery . By ZACHARY KARABELL WSJ, Aug 09, 2009 Despite grim predictions, most major U.S. companies have ...
Monday, August 10, 2009

USAID Partners With Chevron To Promote Agricultural Development in Angola

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USAID Partners With Chevron Corporation and the CLUSA To Promote Agricultural Development in Angola. USAID The U.S. Agency for International...
Friday, August 7, 2009

US Air Force and Naval forces could do serious damage to Tehran’s nuclear facilities if diplomacy fails

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There Is a Military Option on Iran . By CHUCK WALD U.S. Air Force and Naval forces could do serious damage to Tehran’s nuclear facilities if...
Thursday, August 6, 2009

How Japan Restored Its Financial System - The focus was on better risk controls, not higher capital reserves

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How Japan Restored Its Financial System . By KATSUNORI NAGAYASU The focus was on better risk controls, not higher capital reserves. WSJ, Aug...

A new database tracks emerging threats to trade

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Protectionism Exposed . By CHAD P. BOWN A new database tracks emerging threats to trade. WSJ, Aug 06, 2009 In May, the United States slapped...

Autocracy and the Decline of the Arabs

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Autocracy and the Decline of the Arabs . By FOUAD AJAMI The Arab world is plagued by despots. But don’t expect the U.N. to give President Bu...
Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Vegetables don’t want to be eaten and other lessons from Britain's organic food war

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Vegetables don’t want to be eaten and other lessons from Britain's organic food war . By Trevor Butterworth STATS.org, August 4, 2009 A ...
Tuesday, August 4, 2009

The SEC vs. CEO Pay

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The SEC vs. CEO Pay . By RUSSELL G. RYAN The agency stretches the law to confiscate a bonus. WSJ, Aug 05, 2009 A lawsuit filed on July 22 by...

‘Blue Dogs’ or Corporate Shills?

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‘Blue Dogs’ or Corporate Shills? By Thomas Frank WSJ, Aug 05, 2009 Capitalism is said to be in terrible trouble these days, with the profit...

Germany’s Recession vs. America’s: Doing Worse, but Feeling Better

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Germany’s Recession vs. America’s: Doing Worse, but Feeling Better . By Douglas J. Elliott , Fellow, Economic Studies , Initiative on Busine...

Reducing Systemic Risk in the Financial Sector

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Reducing Systemic Risk in the Financial Sector . By Alice M. Rivlin , Senior Fellow, Economic Studies . Testimony: House Committee on Financ...