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A Tough Act to Follow?: The Telecommunications Act of 1996 and the Separation of Powers

The author, who served as one of the five commissioners of the Federal Communications Commission for several years, explains why this and other government agencies that are not set up with separation … mehr »

geschrieben von Harold W. Furchtgott-Roth (Autor)

Absentee and Early Voting: Trends, Promises, and Perils

Documents the dramatic increase in absentee voting and, more recently, the meteoric rise in early voting. Fortier examines the legal and historical reasons for changes in the voting system and the … mehr »

geschrieben von John C. Fortier (Autor)

Agricultural Policy Reform in the United States

This volume brings together essays that critique recent U.S. agriculture policy … mehr »

geschrieben von Daniel A. Sumner (Herausgeber)

Agricultural Trade Policy: Letting Markets Work

This study reviews the contents and implications of major trade agreements, as well as … mehr »

geschrieben von Daniel A. Sumner (Autor)

Air Quality in America: A Dose of Reality on Air Pollution Levels, Trends, and Health Risks

This book documents how much U.S. air quality has improved in recent decades and gives by far the most … mehr »

geschrieben von Joel M. Schwartz (Autor) und Steven F. Hayward (Autor)

American Trade Policy: A Tragedy in the Making

The author argues that American productivity and living standards, along with those of other … mehr »

geschrieben von Anne Krueger (Autor)

Antidumping Industrial Policy: Legalized Protectionism in the Wto and What to Do about It

This book discusses legalized protectionism in the World … mehr »

geschrieben von Brian Handley (Autor) und Patrick Messerlin (Autor) und Ben J. Wattenberg (Autor)

Antitrust Consent Decrees in Theory and Practice: Why Less Is More

For over one hundred years, the antitrust consent decree has been a major weapon in the federal enforcement of the antitrust laws. In this study, Richard Epstein undertakes the first systematic study … mehr »

geschrieben von Richard A. Epstein (Autor)

Beyond Mfn: Trade with China and American Interests

Experts examine the complex economic, strategic, and ideological issues … mehr »

geschrieben von James R. Lillie (Autor) und James R. Lilley (Herausgeber) und Wendell L. Willkie (Herausgeber)

Biotechnology and the Patent System: Balancing Innovation and Property Rights

Evaluates proposals for for overall patent reform thorugh administrative and legislative routes, with the goal of achieving an efficient and equitable balance between the rights of patent-holders and … mehr »

geschrieben von Claude E. Barfield (Autor) und John E. Calfee (Herausgeber)

Character and Cops: Ethics in Policing

What makes a good cop vs. a bad cop? In this 5th edition, Delattre addresses this question, which has particular relevance at a time when law enforcement personnel are being asked to take part in … mehr »

geschrieben von Edwin J. Delattre (Autor)

Choice and Efficiency in Food Safety Policy

What are the appropriate role of government in food safety and the … mehr »

geschrieben von John M. Antle (Autor)

Coercing Virtue: The Worldwide Rule of Judges

This eye-opening dispatch on the culture war traces the dangerous … mehr »

geschrieben von Robert H. Bork (Autor)

Competitive Equity: A Better Way to Organize Mutual Funds

Mutual funds are a key resource for Americans saving for retirement, college, and other long-term goals. With hundreds of fund families and thousands of individual funds crowding the marketplace, … mehr »

geschrieben von Peter J. Wallison (Autor) und Robert E. Litan (Autor)

Congress of Prague: Revitalizing the Atlantic Alliance

Addresses and policy discussions at the Congress of Prague celebrate the achievements of … mehr »

geschrieben von Gerald Frost (Autor)

Corporate Tax Shelters in a Global Economy: Why They Are a Problem and What We Can Do about It

This volume explores the causes and costs of tax avoidance and provides a useful guide to the key … mehr »

geschrieben von Daniel N. Shaviro (Autor)

Cost Shifting in Health Care: Separating Evidence from Rheoric

This book studies the economy theory and empirical evidence … mehr »

geschrieben von Michael A. Morrisey (Autor)

Cuba the Morning After: Confronting Castro's Legacy

A major study of U.S.-Cuba relations warns that America is ill-prepared for the … mehr »

geschrieben von Mark Falcoff (Autor)

Deconstructing the Republic: Voting Rights, the Supreme Court, and the Founders' Republicanism Reconsidered

Deconstructing the Republic argues that the recent deterioration of the 1965 Voting Rights Act is due to the Supreme Court's adoption of judicial rationalism and the politics of multiculturalism. … mehr »

geschrieben von Anthony A. Peacock (Autor)

Democracy and the Constitution

For more than half a century, Walter Berns has been a leading authority on the Constitution. This volume … mehr »

geschrieben von Walter Berns (Solist)

Deregulating Freight Transportation: Delivering the Goods

This book examines the effects of government intervention on the … mehr »

geschrieben von Paul Teske (Autor) und Michael Mintrom (Orchester) und Samuel Best (Orchester)

Deregulating Freight Transportation: Delivering the Goods

This book examines the effects of government intervention on the … mehr »

geschrieben von Paul Teske (Autor) und Michael Mintrom (Orchester) und Samuel Best (Orchester)

Earnings Inequality: The Influence of Changing Opportunities & Choices

The author analyzes the change in male earnings inequality since the mid-1970s to see … mehr »

geschrieben von Robert H. Haveman (Autor) und Robert H. Haverman (Autor)

Economic Effects of Health Care Reform

This book discusses the economic effects of health care reform on the federal budget, the labor … mehr »

geschrieben von C. Eugene Steuerle (Autor) und C. Eugene Steurle (Autor)

Economic Puppetmasters: Lessons from the Halls of Power

An insider's perspective on the bureaucratic structure of governmental institutions that shape … mehr »

geschrieben von Lawrence B. Lindsey (Autor)

End of the Line: The Failure of Amtrak Reform and the Future of America's Passenger Trains

This insightful book exposes how Amtrak--which is seeking record federal subsidies while … mehr »

geschrieben von Joseph Vranich (Autor)

Europe's Coming Demographic Challenge: Unlocking the Value of Health

Examines the region's demographic challenges, the curious new phenomenon of the underworked European, … mehr »

geschrieben von Nicholas Eberstadt (Autor) und Hans Groth (Autor)

Federal Preemption: States' Powers, National Interests

The last few decades have brought a renewed appreciation for the role of states, particularly as laboratories for social legislation. At the same time, the rise of the modern litigation industry has … mehr »

geschrieben von Richard A. Epstein (Herausgeber) und Michael S. Greve (Herausgeber)

Financing College Tuition: Government Policies and Educational Priorities

A college education has been the key to higher real wages and living standards. But as college … mehr »

geschrieben von Marvin H. Kosters (Autor) und Marvin H. Kosters (Solist)

Financing College Tuition: Government Policies and Educational Priorities

A college education has been the key to higher real wages and living standards. But as college … mehr »

geschrieben von Marvin H. Kosters (Autor) und Marvin H. Kosters (Solist)

Financing Entrepreneurs

This book is a collection of essays on proposals to provide tax … mehr »

geschrieben von Cynthia A. Beltz (Autor)

Fiscal and Generational Imbalances: New Budget Measures for New Budget Priorities

Few realize how bad the federal government's finances are, because most evaluations are based … mehr »

geschrieben von Jagadeesh Gokhale (Autor) und Kent Smetters (Autor)

Footing the Tuition Bill: The New Student Loan Sector

A college degree is the key to opportunity and economic success in America today, a fact that has brought new attention to questions of college access and affordability. Footing the Tuition Bill … mehr »

geschrieben von Frederick M. Hess (Herausgeber)

From Parchment to Power: How James Madison Used the Bill of Rights to Save the Constutition

This book tells how the Bill of Rights was amended to the Constitution and explains how that … mehr »

geschrieben von Robert A. Goldwin (Autor)

Fundamental Issues in Consumption Taxation

The author discusses key concepts in consumption and income taxes and identifies … mehr »

geschrieben von David F. Bradford (Autor)

Genetic Testing and the Use of Information

In this study, leading scholars confront the question: should individuals be … mehr »

geschrieben von Michael S. Watson (Solist) und Karen Rothenberg (Solist) und Clarisa Long (Herausgeber)

Global Population Aging and Its Economic Consequences

Global population aging is an inevitable feature of the final stages of the demographic transition, a worldwide combination of low fertility and low mortality that result in older, more slowly … mehr »

geschrieben von Ronald Demos Lee (Autor)

Going Broke by Degree: Why College Costs Too Much

Economist Richard Vedder examines the causes of the college tuition … mehr »

geschrieben von Richard K. Vedder (Autor)

Governing the Postal Service

Six articles contribute to the attention on the U.S. Postal Service in response to advances in … mehr »

geschrieben von J. Gregory Sidak (Herausgeber)

Ground Truth: The Future of U.S. Land Power

The small size of America's land forces has been, and for years to come will remain, the tightest constraint on U.S. military strategy. The cutbacks of the Clinton years and, following the attacks of … mehr »

geschrieben von Thomas Donnelly (Autor) und Frederick W. Kagan (Autor)

Health Care Choices: Private Consracts as Imstruments of Health Reform

This book provides a point of view on the debate about health care delivery in the U.S., … mehr »

geschrieben von Clark C. Havighurst (Autor)

Health Care Matters: Pharmaceuticals, Obesity, and the Quality of Life

This book shows that it is time to rethink conventional wisdom … mehr »

geschrieben von Richard D. , Jr. Miller (Autor) und H. E. Frech (Autor)

Health Policy Reform: Competition and Controls

Twelve contributors focus on the two health reform proposals that have taken … mehr »

geschrieben von Robert B. Helms (Herausgeber)

Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise: Five Steps to a Better Health Care System

This book explains how several much-decried problems in the U.S. health system--glaring gaps in the quality and efficiency of care, high rates of uninsurance, and out-of-control costs--can be resolved … mehr »

geschrieben von John F. Cogan (Autor) und Daniel P. Kessler (Autor) und R. Glenn Hubbard (Autor)

High-Tech Protectionism: The Irrationality of Anti-Dumping Laws

This book explores the negative consequences of attempts to protect key U.S. … mehr »

geschrieben von Claude E. Barfield (Autor)

In Defense of Empires

This monograph suggests that the world needs an American pax … mehr »

geschrieben von Deepak Lal (Autor)

In Our Hands: A Plan to Replace the Welfare State

Murray offers a plan to eliminate all federal welfare programs and to … mehr »

geschrieben von Charles Murray (Autor)

Income Redistribution from Social Security

The authors assess the importance of knowing as much as possible about how the current … mehr »

geschrieben von Don Fullerton (Autor) und Brent Mast (Autor)

Information Markets: A New Way of Making Decisions

Information markets have proven to be so remarkably accurate at predicting a wide range of events, from presidential elections to Oscar winners, that scholars are challenged to examine the potential … mehr »

geschrieben von Robert W. Hahn (Herausgeber) und Paul C. Tetlock (Herausgeber)

Intellectual Property Rights in Frontier Industries: Software and Biotechnology

In this volume, leading scholars tackle the debate over intellectual property rights in … mehr »

geschrieben von Robert W. Hahn (Herausgeber)

Intergenerational Transfers Under Community Rating

The authors examine the intergenerational transfers that can be expected from a shift to … mehr »

geschrieben von David F. Bradford (Autor) und Derrick A. Max (Orchester)

Let Them Eat Precaution: How Politics Is Undermining the Genetic Revolution in Agriculture

This book brings together experts from a variety of perspectives on bioengineered food, which holds the promise of radically reducing hunger in the third world but which is mired in political … mehr »

geschrieben von Jon Entine (Herausgeber)

Markets Without Magic: How Competition Might Save Medicare

This book argues that unavoidable limits on Medicare financing can best be imposed through market-based choices rather than government direction. Policymakers face a fundamental challenge: how to … mehr »

geschrieben von Mark V. Pauly (Autor)

Medicare Hospital Subsidies: Money in Search of a Purpose

This study reviews the rationales, legislative history, and … mehr »

geschrieben von Sean Nicholson (Autor) und Stephen S. Golub (Autor)

Medicare in the 21st Century: Seeking Fair and Efficient Reform

These leading health economics experts make various recommendations for saving the popular Medicare … mehr »

geschrieben von Robert B. Helms (Herausgeber)

Medicare in the 21st Century: Seeking Fair and Efficient Reform

These leading health economics experts make various recommendations for saving the popular Medicare … mehr »

geschrieben von Joseph Antos (Solist) und Linda T. Bilheimer (Solist) und Robert B. Helms (Herausgeber)

No Remedy Left Behind: Lessons from a Half-Decade of NCLB

No Remedy Left Behind is a sobering and important look at the nation's basic federal education law governing K-12 schools. It is a careful and objective examination of how the No Child Left Behind … mehr »

geschrieben von Frederick M. Hess (Herausgeber) und Chester E. , JR. Finn (Herausgeber)

No Way Back: Why Air Pollution Will Continue to Decline

Claims that air pollution will increase are not only false, but … mehr »

geschrieben von Joel Schwartz (Autor)

Of Men and Materiel: The Crisis in Military Resources

The U.S. defense budget has grown appreciably since 9/11. But too little of the increase has gone to purchase new equipment or to increase the size of the Army and Marine Corps. The result has been a … mehr »

geschrieben von Gary James Schmitt (Herausgeber) und Thomas Donnelly (Herausgeber)