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California Budget Has Not Solved the Medi-Cal Crisis
Capital Ideas
By: John R. Graham
9.24.2008
Three months late, governor Schwarzenegger has finally signed a budget that holds spending down to $103 billion. Unfortunately, the governor and legislators missed the chance to wrangle Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid program, under control. Medi-Cal is a big part of the state’s deficit problem. It’s the second largest chunk of the general fund, after K-12 education.
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Do the Math – Or Let Parents Pick a School That Will
Capital Ideas
By: Ian Randolph
9.10.2008
Last summer, when the California State Board of Education unveiled a plan to require all 8th graders to take algebra by 2011, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell opposed the move. That stance might strike parents as odd but California educrats have been fighting higher standards in math for a long time.
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Understanding the Tax Implications of Single-Payer Health Care
Health Policy Prescription
By: Jason Clemens, Adam Frey
9.9.2008
Many studies have examined the costs and benefits of replacing the current health care financing model with a single-payer system fully funded by taxpayers. Most of these studies, including the most prominent, ignore a key component: the significant economic costs of taxes, which would be necessary to pay for government- provided health care. This edition of Health Policy Prescriptions surveys some of this research.
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U.S. Economic Freedom Index: 2008 Report
PRI Publication
By: Lawrence J. McQuillan, Ph.D, Michael T. Maloney, Eric Daniels, Brent M. Eastwood
9.9.2008
As the most economically free state, South Dakota’s business climate is thriving and companies are relocating and opening plants in the state. A full list of all 50 states and their rankings and the data underlying the rankings can be found in the latest edition of the U.S. Economic Freedom Index: 2008 Report.
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Will a Lawsuit Today Keep Apple Away?
Capital Ideas
By: Daniel R. Ballon, Ph.D
9.3.2008
Last week Psystar, an obscure Miami-based company, launched a legal attack on Apple that could cripple one of California’s key high-tech innovators. The case offers lessons for entrepreneurs and gives the courts an opportunity to end a legal scam that hurts consumers.
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The “Vanilla Gender Assumption” and Life in “A Postfeminist Western Democracy”
Contrarian
By: Sally C. Pipes
9.2.2008
Susan Pinker is a psychologist who has taught at McGill University in Montreal. Her new book, The Sexual Paradox: Men, Women, and the Real Gender Gap, is about what women want, “and whether it makes sense to see males as the base model when we think about women and work.” What she has to say about this will be of interest to men and women alike, particularly the more rigid type of feminist.
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