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The Rich World and the Food Crisis
By Adam Lerrick
Posted: Tuesday, July 8, 2008
The G8 countries' interventions have distorted global agricultural markets to the paralysis point.
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When the Price of Bad Policy Is Hunger
By Adam Lerrick
Posted: Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Bad policies in rich nations have restricted food output, diverted crops from food to energy production, and stopped emerging-nation farmers from increasing capacity.
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Wal-Mart: Ethical Retailing
From Evil Empire to Jolly Green Giant
By Jon Entine
Posted: Tuesday, July 8, 2008
The "green prism" through which Wal-Mart now views all of its products and operations is forcing critics to see the retail giant in a new light.
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Have Health Reformers Forgotten Medicare?
By Joseph Antos
Posted: Monday, July 7, 2008
Tackling Medicare is essential to meaningful health care reform, but Congress seems willfully blind to urgency of fixing Medicare.
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Housing, the Subprime Mortgage Crisis, and the Enduring Resilience of the U.S. Economy
By Michael Barone
Posted: Monday, July 7, 2008
A few thoughts on recent research about the resilience of the economy and the need for financial regulation.
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World's Poor Hunger for Free Trade
By Kevin A. Hassett
Posted: Monday, July 7, 2008
Rich nations find it too inconvenient to wean themselves from shameful and morally indefensible agricultural policies.
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How Inflation May Topple Mugabe
By Roger Bate
Posted: Monday, July 7, 2008
Billionfold inflation may do to Robert Mugabe what he would not allow Zimbabwean voters to do: end his rule.
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Policies to Improve the Resiliency of Long-Term Social Security Financing
By Andrew G. Biggs
Posted: Thursday, July 3, 2008
This paper examines policies to index Social Security taxes or benefits to changes in the ratio of workers to beneficiaries, allowing for auto-correction for changing demographic factors.
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Private Sector and Public Sector Malaria Treatment in Africa
By Roger Bate
Posted: Thursday, July 3, 2008
Most anti-malarial drugs are obtained in the private sector and few of the widely discussed drugs are actually bought by most Africans.
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Data Contradict Johnston's Statement about Redistribution
Letter to the Editor
By Alan D. Viard
Posted: Wednesday, July 2, 2008
The federal tax system is highly progressive, with the highest-income 1 percent of the population paying one-quarter of all federal taxes.
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In the July issue of Economic Outlook, John H. Makin notes that though a weak economy is pulling it toward easier monetary policy, the Fed needs to resist higher inflation.
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