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September 6, 2006
The Market Alternative to the Welfare State
Fear of projected fiscal problems is driving many policy thinkers, including some prominent conservatives, to accept the inevitability of large tax increases as a partial solution. This course is a mistake, as it will lead to economic stagnation. Instead, conservatives should confidently advocate the package of reforms presented in this study that will deliver superior benefits to U.S. taxpayers and citizens.
September 5, 2006
Mexico on the Move—Maybe
Mexico is a country that is just briming with economic possibilities, but they remain largely unrealized.
August 31, 2006
New Vistas for Microsoft: Why Not Europe?
Europe hit Microsoft with a new $357 million fine to compel the release of more source code, while Microsoft released new "operating principles" for software design, aimed at release of its new Vista operating platform.
August 29, 2006
Bye, Bye, Dubai?
No surprise, perhaps, that the House and Senate have—without much debate and no opposing voices—come up with well-meaning legislation that will only throw more sand into the gears of global commerce.
August 24, 2006
Sorry, You Can’t Have That New Technology
New technology has just become available that you believe is critical to the survival of your business.
August 22, 2006
Lessons from Pension Reform
Question: What’s the first lesson we learn from the recently passed Pension Protection Act?
Answer: That most of the critics of allowing workers to deposit their Social Security contributions in a personal account either don’t have a clue about the retirement system or they simply wanted to undermine President Bush’s attempt to reform Social Security for political reasons—or both.
August 17, 2006
The Governors’ Innovation Agenda
The nation’s governors have decided they want to play a major role in ensuring the states are at the cutting edge of innovation.
July 27, 2006
Data Exclusivity in India — and Beyond
Last year, when the government of India adopted its patent amendments as required by the TRIPS Agreement, health activists carried out concerted campaigns to try to avert what they characterized as a "public health disaster in the making.
July 25, 2006
What’s Really Behind the Stem Cell Debate
You wouldn’t know it by listening to all the acrimonious condemnations, but President Bush’s veto of the stem cell funding bill passed by Congress does notstop embryonic stem cell research.