Daily Policy Digest
| Pell Grants Fund Remedial Education with Poor Results A large portion of the Federal Pell Grant Program's expenditures are flowing to people who simply aren't prepared to do college-level work... |
| Part-Time Workers to Lose Pay under Affordable Care Act Nationwide, an estimated 2.3 million workers could see their hours reduced due to the Affordable Care Act's health insurance mandate... |
| European Carbon Market in Trouble The European Union's carbon market, a "cap-and-trade" type system, could soon be the victim of its own success... |
| Government Assault on Chinatown Bus Industry Fueled by Bogus Federal Study New research indicates that conventional buses could have a higher fatality rate than curbside buses... |
| Why Were Young People Hit Harder by the Recession? The big drop in home prices between 2007 and 2010 meant a 59 percent loss in home equity for people under age 35, compared with just 26 percent for people generally... |
| New Information Reveals Huge Price Variation between Hospitals At the University of Miami Hospital, a heart attack with four stents costs $166,000; across the street at Jackson Memorial Hospital, the same surgery costs $89,000... |
| China Not Embracing Electric Cars The real number of electric vehicles sold in China last year was actually about 3,000, when factoring out hybrids and vehicles that aren't roadworthy, such as golf carts... |
| Middle Class American Students Fall Behind Most Rich Countries U.S. students in the top 50th to 75th percentile of income are outperformed by their peers in 31 countries in math and 25 in science... |
| Supporting Small Business Is the Way to Economic Recovery Over the long run, small businesses account for approximately 66 percent of all net new job creation... |
| Ethics Should Hinder Lobbying and Crony Capitalism In recent years, corporations have become increasingly successful at lobbying for more spending and stricter trade regulations despite efforts to reveal the biggest corporation's actions... |
