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High-Tech Healthcare Will Improve Lives
Technology Op-Ed
11.26.2004
TV programs like The Swan and Extreme Makeover demonstrate that when medicine meets the marketplace, the results can be stunning. But while new technologies and investments drive the latest health services, entrenched political interests threaten progress. Take, for instance, the recent controversy over ultrasounds in California.
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Kansas as No. 1
PRI in the News
11.24.2004
Retiring to the sofa after turkey dinner tomorrow, most Americans may feel they have little in common with the Pilgrims of Plymouth Rock. But one defining feature of 17th-century Americans remains: We still migrate for freedom.
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The High Value Of Economic Freedom
PRI in the News
11.22.2004
Prosperity: The most economically free state in the country, Kansas, is a red Bush state. A meaningless statistic? The top six are red states, as are 24 of the top 26.
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Education reform must be priority
Education Op-Ed
By: Xiaochin Yan
11.22.2004
With a clear victory Nov. 2, President Bush now has the opportunity to enact significant education reform in a second term.
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How bad an idea is the mileage tax?
Business and Economics Op-Ed
By: Benjamin Zycher
11.22.2004
So many ideas; so little thought. I refer to that geyser of public policy wisdom known as Sacramento, from which the latest nostrum is the replacement of the per-gallon gasoline tax with a tax on miles driven, the latter to be monitored with a tracking device placed in autos.
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Deregulate for Innovation
Technology Op-Ed
11.19.2004
Last week's Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decision on Internet telephony helped move the country towards President Bush's goal of ubiquitous broadband access by 2007. While this is welcome news, there's still much work to be done, and it's unclear whether the FCC has the will to make the right moves.
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Jayhawk Down
PRI in the News
By: Nick Gillespie
11.18.2004
Hey, Frank Sinatra, start spreadin' this news: When it comes to "economic freedom"—as determined by a secret formula factoring in almost 150 variables, ranging from taxation to legal exposure to environmental regulations—New York is the worst state in the union and Kansas—that Great Flatland of Gopher Holes!—is top of the list, king of the hill, A number one.
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7,700 new jobs, but can we keep 'em?
PRI in the News
By: Saint Paul Press Pioneer Staff
11.18.2004
We were encouraged by the news this week that Minnesota added 7,700 jobs in October and the state unemployment rate fell to 4.3 percent from 4.6 percent in September. Unfortunately, a new study from the Pacific Research Institute and Forbes magazine questions whether Minnesota can keep those jobs.
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Think tank study finds NASDAQ better than NYSE for investors
PRI Press Release
11.17.2004
The unique control of specialists over the New York Stock Exchange’s floor-based trading system has made it less competitive in relation to the NASDAQ system, according to “Costs for Investors of Trading on the NYSE and NASDAQ,” released today by the Pacific Research Institute (PRI).
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New Study Finds Nasdaq Beats NYSE On Speed, Price
PRI in the News
By: Judith Burns
11.17.2004
WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--The Nasdaq Stock Market is a faster, cheaper and more efficient way to trade most stocks, including large-cap shares that typically list on the New York Stock Exchange, a new report by a free-market think tank concludes.
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A Deadly Chicken/Egg Situation
Health Care Op-Ed
By: Peter Pitts
11.17.2004
The action by British regulators to nix half of the U.S. supply of flu vaccine will result in more dead Americans this winter. No matter how well the U.S. redistributes remaining vaccine stocks, no matter how far and wide we search for safe and effective replacement doses, some vulnerable people will go without needed shots. It didn’t need to be this way, which begs the question: would the British have nixed the entire vaccine supply had those shots been earmarked for use in Great Britain?
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Flatly simple tax reform
Business and Economics Op-Ed
By: Anthony P. Archie
11.16.2004
In the days following his re-election earlier this month, President Bush outlined his agenda for a second term, stating that his goal was to simplify a "complicated and outdated" tax code. If Bush really wants to make the tax code simpler, he should implement a flat tax.
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New Report Reveals Which States Have Most Economic Freedom
PRI Press Release
11.16.2004
The Pacific Research Institute (PRI) today released the U.S. Economic Freedom Index: 2004 Report, a ranking of economic freedom in the 50 states. Published in association with Forbes, the index scores states based on more than 100 variables, including regulatory and fiscal obstacles imposed on residents.
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New York Is Last in Freedom Index
PRI in the News
By: Roderick Boyd
11.16.2004
New York ranks dead last among the states in Forbes magazine's U.S. Economic Freedom Index, a study to be published today that considers the effects of more than 140 variables, including taxation, tort reform, and environmental regulations, in an effort to determine the amount of freedom a state's average taxpayer has and its effect on income.
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Study: Alabama's "economic freedom" dropping
PRI in the News
By: John Davis
11.16.2004
Alabama's "economic freedom" is on the decline, according to a study released today by "Forbes Magazine" and the Pacific Research Institute. The study, "U.S. Economic Freedom Index: 2004 Report," ranks Alabama as 25th among all states in economic freedom.
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Why Canada isn't the answer to health care
Book Review
By: Elizabeth Whelan
11.14.2004
I am a great fan of publisher Wiley's series of "Dummy" books (billed as "a reference for the rest of us"). Whether the "Dummy" focus is on World War II, gardening, baking, or understanding wines, the Wiley books boil down the essence of the topic into easily understandable bits and pieces.
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'Second Life' Lessons from a Virtual World
Technology Op-Ed
11.12.2004
Someday, someone might write a book called "Everything I Needed To Know About Economics, I Learned in My 'Second Life.'" That's because the multiplayer online gaming space "Second Life" provides, along with fun, valuable lessons about economics and human behavior.
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N.J. poor host for businesses
PRI in the News
By: Press editorial
11.11.2004
Former Gov. James E. McGreevey spent a lot of time talking about how "business-friendly" New Jersey was, apparently hoping that if he repeated it often enough, the state's corporations and entrepreneurs would somehow believe it.
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No Miracle Cure
Book Review
By: Collin Levey
11.7.2004
WHEN the stock market opened on Wednesday morning, prescription drug makers from the U.S. and Europe were full of helium.
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Mixed message from the props
Technology Op-Ed
11.5.2004
Many political observers agree that this year's election was about values. If that's the case, the results speak volumes about the character of Californians, especially when one considers how ballot propositions did.
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Voting in a Digital Age
Technology Op-Ed
11.5.2004
In this year's election, around 40 million people cast their votes digitally instead of by paper. For many, this was a relief because it meant avoiding discussions over hanging chads. But some computer experts warn of grave problems with electronic voting, making one wonder if technology makes voting better or worse.
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John Kerry Fails Education Test
Education Op-Ed
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D.
11.4.2004
John Kerry recently told the Des Moines Register: “You have to have accountability. You have to have measurements. You have to have standards. I wanted all those things.” That’s tough talk. However, much of Kerry’s education agenda would undercut the very accountability, measurements, and standards he purports to support.
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No Ill Will
Health Care Op-Ed
By: Sally C. Pipes
11.2.2004
Campaigning politicians are notorious for making pledges they can't keep. And voters usually take what they say with a grain of salt. But Senator John Kerry's health-care plan is so full of empty promises it really ought to come with a free shaker.
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Why Canada isn't the answer to health care
Book Review
By: Jonathan Kay
11.2.2004
The United States is the only major Western nation that does not guarantee access to health care to its citizens. In 1993, President Clinton, with the controversial assistance of his wife Hillary, launched an ambitious bid to address this anomaly. Such was the scale of their failure that since then few mainstream politicians have dared to revisit the idea.
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Miracle Cure Book Review - Townhall
Book Review
By: Robert Zirkelbach
11.2.2004
"The goal of a health care system should be to provide all citizens with access to quality and affordable health care. These goals can only be accomplished by strengthening the sovereignty of the patient and restoring the doctor-patient relationship, both of which require reducing the role of government."
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Post-Election FCC Makeover Likely
PRI in the News
By: Chris Somerville
11.2.2004
No matter which candidate wins today's presidential election, you can expect changes to the makeup of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), many telecom experts say.
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Anti-trust settlement Anniversary between Microsoft and the U.S. Department of Justice
PRI Press Release
11.1.2004
Today is the two-year anniversary of the judicial approval of the anti-trust settlement between Microsoft and the U.S. Department of Justice. The consent decree was approved on November 1, 2002 by Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of the United States District Court. Sonia Arrison, Director of Technology Studies at the Pacific Research Institute, a free-market think-tank, today issued the following statement.
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