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Daily Policy Digest
Tuesday, February 12, 2002

	One-third more endangered Manatees were counted in 2001 than 2000; but critics claim anti-growth advocates are using the mammals to stop development....
NEW YORK TIMES
	Registration of a new pesticide can take nine years and cost $50 million -- while many existing products are being banned....
WASHINGTON TIMES
	Corruption and foreign currency crises are linked, say researchers, and corruption acts like a higher marginal tax rate....
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
	Starting a business in Europe costs 10 times as much as in the U.S., due to onerous regulations a European Constitution might address....
WALL STREET JOURNAL
	Los Angeles students' reading scores rose 10 to 20 percent after schools adopted phonics....
NEW YORK TIMES
	Rent control helps higher-income families in San Francisco, says Thomas Sowell, while middle-income and poor families are leaving....
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