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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]
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Competitive Equity
A Better Way to Organize Mutual Funds
By Peter J. Wallison, Robert E. Litan
Posted: Tuesday, March 27, 2007
This book recommends the creation of a new, alternative legal structure for collective investment, the "managed investment trust." [Read More]
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Antitrust Consent Decrees in Theory and Practice
Why Less Is More
By Richard A. Epstein
Posted: Friday, February 16, 2007
This book is the first systematic study of the use and effectiveness of the antitrust consent decree in the federal enforcement of antitrust laws. [Read More]
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The Challenges of China's Growth
By Dwight H. Perkins
Posted: Monday, January 22, 2007
This book examines questions and uncertainties about China's rapid growth and what their resolution will mean for the United States. [Read More]
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The Wal-Mart Revolution
How Big-Box Stores Benefit Consumers, Workers, and the Economy
By Richard Vedder, Wendell Cox
Posted: Tuesday, November 14, 2006
The authors analyze the best available economic data and conclude that American consumers--particularly the less affluent--have benefited tremendously from Wal-Mart's "everyday low prices." [Read More]
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The Sarbanes-Oxley Debacle
What We've Learned; How to Fix It
By Henry N. Butler, Larry E. Ribstein
Posted: Friday, May 12, 2006
The authors argue that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) is a colossal failure, yet seek to salvage some lessons from the ruins of SOX. [Read More]
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Regulation Misled by Misread Theory
Perfect Competition and Competition-Imposed Price Discrimination
By William J. Baumol
Posted: Tuesday, March 14, 2006
This monograph shows that price discrimination not only exists in competitive markets but sometimes is a crucial feature of them. [Read More]
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In Our Hands
A Plan to Replace the Welfare State
By Charles Murray
Posted: Thursday, January 19, 2006
This book reveals the ineffectiveness of government redistribution plans and offers a radical new approach to social policy. [Read More]
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Two Cheers for Contingent Fees
By Eric Helland, Alexander Tabarrok
Posted: Friday, August 12, 2005
This study finds that contingent fees benefit plaintiffs and do not cause higher awards. [Read More]
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Job Creation and Destruction
By Steven J. Davis, John C. Haltiwanger, Scott Schuh
Posted: Tuesday, July 26, 2005
This book describes in detail the characteristics that destroy and create jobs over time. [Read More]
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