NCPA - Daily Policy Digest - Wednesday, May 22, 2002

NATIONAL CENTER FOR POLICY ANALYSIS
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Daily Policy Digest
Wednesday, May 22, 2002

	Australians were wealthier than Europeans or Americans in 1913; but their relative living standards fell for generations due to market protection....
NCPA

	Oil-rich Iran will get $1 billion from World Bank, although the U.S. says it funds terrorism....
INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY

	Death rates are higher among uninsured Americans, amounting to 20,000 deaths annually....
INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE/USA TODAY

	Cuban economy totals just $19 billion, leading many to wonder what's in it for the U.S. to end its embargo....
INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY

	Senate energy bill mandates quintupling of "renewables" and tripling of ethanol use; but it contains less pork than the House plan, says Sterling Burnett....
NCPA/DALLAS MORNING NEWS

	Vaccines are in short supply since 27 of 37 manufacturers have dropped out of the business....
WALL STREET JOURNAL

	Welfare reform encouraged women to work, say researchers, whether native-born citizens or immigrants....
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