Publications

For years, an antiquated federal rule caused a bottleneck that clogged the critical flow of capital to the information superhighway.

Everywhere you look, it seems that politicians are wrestling with taxes.

Spam.

Consumer groups and the media are putting pressure on public officials to allow U.S. citizens to reimport drugs from foreign countries like Canada. Using an economic simulation model, this report concludes reimportation or price controls would have a dramatic negative impact on the Illinois economy, and its large biotech sector.

PC users are fed up with spyware, a state of affairs that has provided Washington with yet another chance to exercise its legislative reflex.

The Chief Actuary of Social Security has scored the Ryan-Sununu Social Security reform bill, which provides for large personal retirement accounts, as achieving full and permanent solvency of the program without benefit cuts or tax increases. Eventually there would be substantially higher benefits as well as tax cuts. The unfunded liability of Social Security also would be eliminated.

It is mistaken to assume that the cost of transitioning to Social Security personal accounts is based on the amount of general revenues that would be needed to finance the transition. This measure, which excludes items that are true costs and includes other items that are not true costs, is biased against personal accounts.

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is the most important organization that most people have never heard of.

During this campaign season, comparisons of this race to others have been made—often with a great deal of plausibility.

Always be skeptical of any organization that calls itself a “consumer group.