Publications

Major current political criticisms of the pharmaceutical industry are answered, such as direct-to-consumer advertising, "obscene" profit margins, patent protection, etc.

President Bush's prescription drug proposal, properly done, would provide prescription drug coverage for those most in need without creating a new entitlement that could bankrupt Medicare. This IPI Idea proposes a modification to the catastrophic portion of President Bush's proposal.

The January 2001 issue of IPI's newsletter, IPI Insights. Available only in Adobe Acrobat PDF form (for now), or hard copy.

This annual listing of ten of the worst regulations of the federal government, jointly produced with the Lexington Institute, focuses this year on environmental and technology regulations.

It is important to grasp precisely what the proponents of the 1993 tax increase thought they were accomplishing, the logic behind their plan as well as what actually happened.

Would imposing price controls on drugs be good policy for the public, states and the nation?

At stake in this election is, among other things, the fate of almost $4.6 trillion in federal budget surpluses that the government expects to collect over the next ten years.

This Issue Brief compares the tax and spending plans of Al Gore and George Bush, and provides both static and dynamic forecasting of the economic effects of the candidates' proposals.

The September 2000 issue of IPI's 8-page, full-color newsletter, IPI Insights. This issue is devoted to the subject of education reform.

For over two years, the federal government has been pursuing antitrust action against Microsoft. Much heated debate has surrounded the case, most of it revolving around legal issues. But the broader ramifications for risk assessment, investor confidence and the general economy have been largely ignored.

The cloud hanging over Microsoft has already done serious damage to the economy. This IPI Issue Brief attempts to quantify the extent of the economic damage already done to the economy by the government's action against Microsoft.