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Most Argentines Back Their President, Not Debt

63% of the Argentines support President Nestor Kirchner's proposal to pay only a fraction of the nearly US$ 88 billion the country owes to international creditors, reports Jon Jeter (The Washington Po... Read More...

The New American Century

New Imperialism is already upon us. It's a remodeled, streamlined version of what we once knew. For the first time in history, a single empire with an arsenal of weapons that could obliterate the worl... Read More...

World Bank's Wolfensohn Criticizes Bilateral Trade Agreements

Bilateral trade agreements could impede multilateral trade agreements and hurt international trade. (Bloomberg, 2/23/2004) Read More...

Budget not Keynesian: Prof

Liberals in British Columbia bent on balancing the budget may be boxing themselves in politically and hurting the economy. (Quesnel, 2/22/2004) Read More...

Living wage laws gain momentum across US

Proponents argue that the benefits of living wage laws outweigh costs, and can increase productivity. (Christian Science Monitor, 3/15/2002) Read More...

The Things Labour Unions Are Up To

European labor unions are looking more and more like political organizations as interested in "changing society" as they are in negotiating good wages. By Anthony de Jasay. (Library of Economics and L... Read More...

Jobs Americans Won't Do

Bush has defended illegal immigration amnesty on the grouns that foreign workers are needed to perform work Americans refuse to do, but is this a valid point to make? By Mark Krikorian. (Center for Im... Read More...

What Tax Cut?

Tax cut, or tax shift? By Alexander Tabarrock. (United Press International, 5/22/2003) Read More...

EconPapers

EconPapers provides access to RePEc, the worlds largest collection of on-line Economics working papers, journal articles and software. Read More...

Where the Jobs Went

Alan Reynolds pokes holes in the idea that outourcing solely to blame for job losses in manufacturing and IT fields. By Alan Reynolds. (Cato Institute, 2/16/2004) Read More...

Ergonomics in the Workplace: Is It Time for an OSHA Standard?

Weighing the costs and benefits of ergonomic safety regulation. (Almanac of Policy Issues, 5/7/2002) Read More...

Outsourcing Good For U.S. and World Economies

Outsourcing not only cuts costs and benefits developing foreign economies, but it allows many high paid US workers to keep their jobs. By Bruce Bartlett. (National Center for Policy Analysis, 2/4/2004... Read More...

Sweat the Small Stuff

Why we should worry about fiscal irresponsibility regardless of how trivial some of it might seem. By Jacob Sullum. (Reason, 2/6/2004) Read More...

"Compromise" Internet Tax Bill Would Cripple Online Development

The National Taxpayers Union argues for a permanent ban on an internet tax, calling the current moratorium a "stealth tax". (National Taxpayers Union, 2/11/2004) Read More...

Bush seeks $1 trillion debt boost

Bush seeks a $1 trillion debt boost to fund the cost of shifting to a partially privatized Social Security system. By Patrice Hill. (The Washington Times, 2/10/2004) Read More...

Ignore at Your Own Peril: The Manufacturing Crisis in Perspective

Although the manufacturing sector seems to be picking up, policymakers need to permanently address the manufacturing crisis. By Dr. Christian Weller. (Center for American Progress, 2/6/2004) Read More...

Head Scarf Ban Backlash Warning

France's ban on religious symbols in public schools could end up encourageing the Islamic radicalism the law is intended to stave off. (CNN, 2/10/2004) Read More...

Don't Blame Wal-Mart for the Wal-Mart Economy

Should we be blaming Wal-Mart for our economic woes or should we thank it for providing an efficient business model that cares about its consumers? By Daniel Gross. (MSN, 10/8/2003) Read More...

WEF: Snail's Pace on Social Issues

Is the World Economic Forum living up to its ideal of "improving the state of the world" or is it just an elitist corporate club? By Alan Boyd.(Asia Times, 1/17/2004) Read More...

Good Unintended Consequences

Despite EU claims of becoming the most dynamic economy in the world, business regulation in Europe is increasing, contributing to pitiful economic growth rates and the perpetual scourge of high unempl... Read More...

OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)

The OECD groups 30 member countries sharing a commitment to democratic government and the market economy. Best known for its publications and its statistics. Read More...

Wall St. Journal (United States)

Is Capitalism Too Productive?

...People will always find new wants, and the newly industrializing countries are consuming even more than they produce. As Marx could have told you, capitalism can go on accumulating capital - and pr... Read More...

Making Foreign Aid Work

Argues not to end foreign aid, but for donors to know when to say when, cutting off countries that fail to adopt sound economic policies and rewarding those that do. By Carol Graham and Michael O'Hanl... Read More...

Follow the Money

New technologies enable tiny, remote countries to make quick money through their underregulated banking systems. Recent multilateral initiatives have started to attack the problem. But if the Bush adm... Read More...

Getting Debt Relief Right

Many argue that forgiving international debts will help relieve poverty in the world's poorest countries. The international community must figure out a way to ensure the proper use of debt-relief doll... Read More...

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