NCPA - Daily Policy Digest - Thursday, April 25, 2002

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Daily Policy Digest
Thursday, April 25, 2002

	Asbestos claims rose 54 percent over 2000, but most aren't from ill claimants....
WALL STREET JOURNAL

	Steel industry pensions cost $10 billion, and these "legacy costs" hurt the U.S. industry's ability to compete with imports....
WALL STREET JOURNAL

	Communal activities create common knowledge, lending legitimacy to products and candidates, says an economist....
REASON/NEW YORK TIMES

	Suburban minority population rose to 27 percent in 2000, suggesting further growth of the black middle class, observers say....
WALL STREET JOURNAL

	Seniors' bankruptcy filings jumped 244 percent between 1991 and 2001, as older Americans piled on debt....
USA TODAY

	Only 52 percent of young black men are employed, meaning many unmarried fathers can't support children on welfare....
USA TODAY

	Carbon dioxide emissions reductions would cost millions of jobs and 5 percent of output, according to new estimates....
EUROPEAN SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT FORUM/DRI-WEFA/WALL STREET JOURNAL EUROPE

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