The United States spends more money overpaying laid-off workers each year than it pays to manage the system, according to a brief analysis by NCPA Senior Fellow William Conerly, published September 30. http://www.ncpa.org/pub/ba/ba458/
As U.S. lawmakers struggle with retooling the 1996 welfare reform bill, an NCPA brief analysis written by Sylvia LeRoy and Jason Clemens of the Fraser Institute shows that decentralization of Canada’s welfare system also has achieved positive results. http://www.ncpa.org/pub/ba/ba457/
The state of U.S. manufacturing is the best it has been in years except for the loss of jobs, many of which have shifted to support services, according to a brief analysis written by NCPA Senior Fellow Bruce Bartlett. http://www.ncpa.org/pub/ba/ba456/
Women need health insurance coverage that is personal, portable, flexible and affordable, according to the brief analysis, “Tax-Free Health Accounts: Portable, Flexible Health Coverage for Working Women,” authored by NCPA Senior Fellows Celeste Colgan and Michael Cannon and published on September 15. http://www.ncpa.org/pub/ba/ba455/
House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Bill Thomas’ (R-CA) proposal for tax-free “health accounts” could help Americans save for current and future health care expenses, according to a brief analysis written by Cannon and published September 12. http://www.ncpa.org/pub/ba/ba454/
Unfunded liabilities for federal entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare dwarf current government debt, limit policy options and create a major imbalance between benefits received by the present generation and taxes paid by future generations, according to a brief analysis published by the NCPA on September 4 and co-authored by Jagadeesh Gokhale of the American Enterprise Institute and Kent Smetters of the University of Pennsylvania. http://www.ncpa.org/pub/ba/ba453
The flat tax may soon be adopted in China after its great success in Russia and many other nations in the New Europe. In a brief analysis published by the NCPA on September 3, Alvin Rabushka of the Hoover Institution said it’s time to adopt the flat tax in the United States. http://www.ncpa.org/pub/ba/ba452/
The best way to curtail U.S. companies moving offshore is to eliminate the high corporate tax rates that put U.S. companies at such a competitive disadvantage internationally, according to a
brief analysis published August 14 and written by Bartlett. http://www.ncpa.org/pub/ba/ba451/
Northern hemispheric climatic changes are not due to human influence, according to an NCPA brief analysis published August 8 and written by Dr. David R. Legates, director of the Center for Climatic Change at the University of Delaware and adjunct scholar with the NCPA’s E-Team. http://www.ncpa.org/pub/ba/ba450/
NCPA Senior Fellow Andrew Rettenmaier reported in a brief analysis published July 23 that mobility among economic groups in the United States is the norm rather than the exception. http://www.ncpa.org/pub/ba/ba449/
The NCPA published a brief analysis by Research Manager and Senior Fellow Dr. Devon Herrick on July 24, showing that seniors can save on the 50 most popular prescription drugs by using smart shopping strategies. http://www.ncpa.org/pub/ba/ba448/
The NCPA published a brief analysis written by Cannon about Health Savings Accounts and Medicare reform. http://www.ncpa.org/pub/ba/ba447/
The NCPA published a brief analysis written by Senior Policy Analyst Matt Moore on July 9 showing that the NCPA’s value-added Texas Report Card provides a meaningful assessment of student achievement. http://www.ncpa.org/pub/ba/ba446/
Patients, especially seniors, can save up to 90 percent of the cost of prescription drugs, according to a study written by Herrick. http://www.ncpa.org/pub/st/st262
NCPA Senior Fellow Edward J. McCaffery has written a brief analysis on the new Bush tax bill showing that while it provides some relief from the so-called marriage penalty, parts of the new code still distort people's decisions to work, marry and have families. http://www.ncpa.org/pub/ba/ba445/
