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Pharmaceutical Price Regulation
Pharmaceutical Price Regulation (forthcoming)
Public Perceptions, Economic Realities, and Empirical Evidence
By Joseph H. Golec, John A. Vernon
Posted: Friday, December 19, 2008
This monograph demonstrates empirically how the free-market system of drug pricing is vital to the development of new breakthrough drugs.  [Read More]
When Altruism Isn't Enough
When Altruism Isn't Enough (forthcoming)
The Case for Compensating Kidney Donors
Edited by Sally Satel, M.D.
Posted: Tuesday, December 9, 2008
When Altruism Isn't Enough explores the key ethical, theoretical, and practical concerns of a government-regulated donor compensation program.  [Read More]
Rethinking Federal Housing Policy
Rethinking Federal Housing Policy
How to Make Housing Plentiful and Affordable
By Edward L. Glaeser, Joseph Gyourko
Posted: Tuesday, November 25, 2008
A radical rethinking of housing policy is needed to allow housing markets to operate freely--and to make housing affordable and plentiful for the middle class and the poor.  [Read More]
Prices, Poverty, and Inequality
Prices, Poverty, and Inequality
Why Americans Are Better Off Than You Think
By Christian Broda, David E. Weinstein
Posted: Friday, November 7, 2008
Adjusting poverty measures to account for the benefits of product improvements reveals that Americans in every income group are better off than they were twenty-five years ago.  [Read More]
The Poverty of
The Poverty of "The Poverty Rate"
Measure and Mismeasure of Want in Modern America
By Nicholas Eberstadt
Posted: Monday, October 6, 2008
Eberstadt contends that the defects of the current poverty rate are not only severe but irremediable.   [Read More]
Innovation and Technology Adoption in Health Care Markets
Innovation and Technology Adoption in Health Care Markets
By Tomas J. Philipson, Anupam B. Jena
Posted: Thursday, September 18, 2008
Anupam B. Jena and Tomas J. Philipson argue that further use of cost-effectiveness analysis to curb health care spending may do more harm than good.  [Read More]
We the People
We the People
The Story of Our Constitution
By Lynne V. Cheney
Posted: Monday, September 15, 2008
Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less
Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less
A Handbook for Slashing Gas Prices and Solving Our Energy Crisis
By Newt Gingrich, Vince Haley
Posted: Thursday, September 11, 2008
Gingrich argues that the pinch Americans are feeling at the pump is not a blip in the economy but a looming crisis.  [Read More]
The Future of Educational Entrepreneurship
The Future of Educational Entrepreneurship
Possibilities for School Reform
Edited by Frederick M. Hess
Posted: Wednesday, August 27, 2008
The Future of Educational Entrepreneurship examines the challenge of creating innovative and productive entrepreneurial activity in American education.   [Read More]
Vital Statistics on Congress 2008
Vital Statistics on Congress 2008
By Norman J. Ornstein, Michael Malbin, Thomas Mann
Posted: Tuesday, August 26, 2008
The authors combine historical context with insightful analysis and copious data to produce a valuable and authoritative picture of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.  [Read More]
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Prices, Poverty, and Inequality
Prices, Poverty, and Inequality

According to conventional wisdom, the economic well-being of all but the wealthiest Americans has stagnated or declined over the past twenty-five years. Christian Broda and David E. Weinstein argue that this idea is based upon misleading measurements of wealth and poverty.