NCPA - Daily Policy Digest - Thursday, August 29, 2002

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Daily Policy Digest
Thursday, August 29, 2002

	20 countries have reformed Social Security systems that prefund at least some retirement benefits....
NCPA

	U.S. business practices are ranked 16th least corrupt by Transparency International, and more countries are practicing bad business....
NEW YORK TIMES

	Outpatient treatment brings increased risk according to medical experts, as outpatient visits jump by more than 300 million since 1980....
WALL STREET JOURNAL

	Regulations hamper british nuclear privatization, and now critics want even more state control, critics say....
NEW YORK TIMES

	U.S., European protectionism cost poor countries $100 billion annually, according to World Bank figures....
NCPA/WASHINGTON TIMES

	State-regulated insurance rates raise premiums for average consumers, say experts....
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