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Gore's Climate Claptrap By Samuel Thernstrom
Posted: Friday, July 25, 2008
Al Gore deliberately obscures the critical questions that need to be carefully considered when crafting climate policy.
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Risky Business By Vincent R. Reinhart
Posted: Thursday, July 24, 2008
With Fannie and Freddie, is the government mistaking a "first-generation" crisis for a "second-generation" crisis?
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The Decline That Never Happens By John R. Bolton
Posted: Wednesday, July 23, 2008
From the very moment of independence, there have been those predicting America's demise, decline, or irrelevance. It still has not come.
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State Fiscal Relief Protecting Health Coverage in an Economic Downturn By Robert B. Helms
Posted: Wednesday, July 23, 2008
The proposed increase in the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage is a misguided approach for giving temporary aid to the states.
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Conceptual Problems with "Fair Value" Accounting Theory By Alex J. Pollock
Posted: Wednesday, July 23, 2008
The conceptual deficiencies of the fair value accounting theory make it a poor choice for most companies as an accounting standard.
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False Notes from the Fed, the Treasury, and the SEC By Vincent R. Reinhart , Peter J. Wallison , Allan H. Meltzer
Posted: Tuesday, July 22, 2008
The Federal Reserve, the Treasury, and the Securities and Exchange Commission have taken actions recently that could have profound impact on the nation's financial system.
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What Does China's Growth Portend for Latin America? By Megan Davy
Posted: Tuesday, July 22, 2008
China's emergence in the world market is an instructive foil in highlighting opportunities and challenges for Latin America's economic future.
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No Need for Tighter U.S. Money to Slay the Inflationary Dragon Letter to the Editor By Desmond Lachman
Posted: Tuesday, July 22, 2008
It is difficult to see how the United States can avoid a prolonged recession once the stimulatory effect of the present tax rebate program abates later in the year.
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A Plan for Fannie and Freddie By Alex J. Pollock
Posted: Tuesday, July 22, 2008
The government should become a subordinated investor in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, buying a significant amount of the senior subordinated debt.
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Europe Has an Economics Lesson for Obama By Henry Olsen
Posted: Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Sen. Barack Obama is visiting a Europe that, over the past decade, has very quietly embraced many market-based reforms.
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