NCPA - Daily Policy Digest - Friday, September 6, 2002

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Daily Policy Digest
Friday, September 6, 2002

	Johannesburg Conference endorses development, and backs the idea that poor countries need strong economies before environmental reforms....
AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE/WALL STREET JOURNAL

	2001 health insurance premiums increased at 8 times the inflation rate, and more small employers dropped coverage....
NEW YORK TIMES

	U.S. students will receive 1.3 million Bachelor's Degrees in 2002, calming fears about a shortage of educated workers....
BUSINESS WEEK

	Only permanent tax cuts can boost the economy, experts say, arguing the 2001 tax cuts should be permanent....
JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

	Corporations cut pension plans due to the "Reversion Tax," which reduced investment by up to $262 billion, critics say....
REGULATION (CATO INSTITUTE)

	Americans reduced the proportion of fat in their diets while obesity increased by over 25 percent, says Michael Fumento....
HUDSON INSTITUTE/WASHINGTON TIMES

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