NCPA - Daily Policy Digest - Tuesday, August 19, 2003

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Daily Policy Digest
Tuesday, August 19, 2003

	Electric power grid needs deregulation to improve technology and efficiency, say experts....
COMPETITIVE ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE/WALL STREET JOURNAL

	National parks need $5 billion in repairs, which should come from users, says Lynn Scarlett....
WASHINGTON TIMES

	Immigrants depress wages for janitors and roofers, says a new study....
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-LOS ANGELES/WALL STREET JOURNAL

	Cities limit school growth by zoning fewer apartments and requiring large residential lots....
NEW YORK TIMES

	In many "homemaker-breadwinner" families one spouse works lots of overtime....
WASHINGTON POST

	Everybody seems to be worried about manufacturing these days. The Democratic presidential hopefuls and some on the far right as well seem to think more trade protection is the answer. The truth is that manufacturing is doing just fine in every way except employment: manufacturing is actually doing quite well in the United States, industrial production has remained relatively strong and real goods production as a share of real (inflation-adjusted) GDP is close to its all-time high. Click here to read more.

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