| Events by Ben J. Wattenberg |
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Toward a Monochrome Society?
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Monday, April 2, 2001
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| The recently released census data showing a dramatic rise in various minority populations within the United States suggest that America is on its way to becoming an even more diverse society. |
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The First Measured Century
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Wednesday, December 6, 2000
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| Authors examine the past hundred years of American life with unprecedented clarity thanks to the rise of widespread, systematic data collection in the twentieth century. |
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Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
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Monday, May 15, 2000
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| The antitrust case of the century, U.S. v. Microsoft, has amazed legal observers, stunned political pundits, and shaken financial markets. |
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Earth Day Thirty Years On
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Thursday, April 20, 2000
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| A panel discussion considers the political significance of environmentalism and assesses what environmental trends tell us about the condition of the planet. |
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The Rise of Class Action Lawsuits against Health Care Providers
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Friday, March 10, 2000
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| Plaintiffs’ lawyers have turned from suing individual doctors and tobacco companies to suing a variety of health care providers. |
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Is "Charitable Choice" a Good Way to Aid the Poor?
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Friday, February 25, 2000
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| This seminar considers the advantages and disadvantages for all parties concerned of the "charitable choice" approach to helping the poor. |
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The Record Expansion and Long-Term Growth
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Wednesday, February 9, 2000
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| Murray Foss looks at the record expansion in the light of trends over the past half-century, including the slowdown in the growth of real wages and productivity since the 1970s. |
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Liability Issues for Health Plans
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Friday, January 7, 2000
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| Recent proposed federal and state legislation seeks to allow health plans to be sued on the grounds of physician negligence or of refusal to allow a course of treatment. |
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Reforming Education
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Monday, November 29, 1999
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| Everyone wants better teachers in U.S. schools, but what is the surest way to get them? |
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Should Assisted Suicide Be Legal?
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Tuesday, January 7, 1997
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| Panelists discuss the practice of assisted suicide and whether it should be legal. |
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Ben J. Wattenberg
American Enterprise Institute
1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
Fax: 202-862-7178
E-mail: Bwattenberg@aei.org
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Fighting Words
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| Replete with stories never told before, Fighting Words is Wattenberg's firsthand account of the remarkable transformation of American politics over the last four decades. [Read More] |
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