Category: National Policy Analysis

The Car They Want You to Drive, by Amy Ridenour and Eric Peters

National Policy Analysis #466 /
When you order a pizza, it's up to you what the toppings will be. No government busybody or special interest "advocate" has yet figured out a way to deprive you of your double pepperoni - if that's what you're hankering ...
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Doctors, Not Lawyers, Should Treat Mental Illness

National Policy Analysis #464 /
When the nation's top psychiatrists gather May 17-22 in San Francisco for the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, they will be struggling with a vexing dilemma. They will also be closely watched by personal injury lawyers. At issue: ...
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Peace Marchers Make Strong Case – for Bush

National Policy Analysis #459 /
"We support our troops when they shoot their officers" proclaimed a banner carried by protesters at a pro-homicide march in San Francisco recently. Whoops, sorry, it was a "pro-peace" march. Perhaps you'll forgive me if I can't tell the difference ...
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Protesters Oppose War, Yet Support Deadly Policies at Home

National Policy Analysis #461 /
As the U.S. military continues liberating the Iraqi people from Saddam Hussein's murderous dictatorship, American protesters on the political left continue to march, shouting "no blood for oil."1 The claim that the U.S. has gone to war to acquire Iraqi ...
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A Federal Asbestos Trust Fund: Better for Victims, Better for the Economy

National Policy Analysis #463 /
Amid the happiness and perhaps relief within the White House that the war in Iraq has been so successful is this unsettling fact: President Bush is reenacting the political scenario that doomed his father's 1992 reelection bid. The senior President ...
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SUV Owners Deserve Tax Audits, Sierra Club Says

National Policy Analysis #460 /
The Mercatus Center at Virginia's George Mason University reports that businesses with 100 employees or less spend a whopping $2,500 per employee simply to comply with federal regulations. This doesn't count state or local regulations, or taxes. Now a major ...
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Asbestos Litigation: It Costs as Much as War

National Policy Analysis #447 /
Asbestos, the talc-like mineral once used in everything from fire retardant wallboard to automotive brake linings, is much in the news because of a blizzard of class-action lawsuits against what sometimes seems to be every American who runs a business ...
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A Transparent Free Market is Our Best Corporate Cop

National Policy Analysis #449 /
On the back of a dollar bill appears a reproduction of the Great Seal of the United States. Upon it rests the motto "Annuit Coeptis" - meaning, "God favors our undertakings." The phrase refers to the hand of Providence in ...
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I’ll Have Fries With That… Next Spring

National Policy Analysis #448 /
As Winston Churchill famously observed, democracy is the worst political system in the world - except for all the others. The same is true for capitalism. Some argue that recent scandals at WorldCom, Global Crossing, Enron and elsewhere are proof ...
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Climate Change 2001: A Critique, by Gerald Marsh

National Policy Analysis #452 /
(Note: This critique of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report "Climate Change 2001" is an update of "Global Warming Primer" by the same author. A pdf of this critique can be found here.  The "Global Warming Primer" ...
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