NCPA - Daily Policy Digest - Monday, August 18, 2003

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Daily Policy Digest
Monday, August 18, 2003

	U.S. manufacturers are world's most productive, says Bruce Bartlett....
NATIONAL CENTER FOR POLICY ANALYSIS/WASHINGTON TIMES

	To boost transmission grid investment, experts recommend market self-regulation, not federal controls....
CATO INSTITUTE/WALL STREET JOURNAL

	Workers' compensation costs 6 percent of payrolls in California....
INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY

	Consumer-driven health plans cover 1.5 million Americans, according to surveys....
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR BUSINESS ECONOMICS/HEALTH AFFAIRS

	Vaccine shortages are due to the Clintons' government monopoly-buying plan, say experts....
INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE/WALL STREET JOURNAL

	Graft costs Mexico 9.5 percent of output or twice the education budget....
NEW YORK TIMES

	Electricity Grid Solutions - Some federal regulators want to force utilities into regional Independent System Operators (ISOs) that would set interstate power transmission rates and terms. However, experts say that empowering the industry's self-governing body to set and enforce standards, while allowing competition on pricing, would help ensure the $50 billion investment needed to upgrade electric power grids. Click here for more.

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