Daily Policy Digest
Government Issues
| The Welfare State Neutralizes Opponents by Making Them Dependent on Government An index of dependency developed by the Heritage Foundation found that the metric increased from 19 in fiscal year 1962 to 272 in fiscal year 2009... |
| Private Policing Options for the Poor A 2006 report from the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies found no evidence that private security guards abuse their power, even in the absence of statewide regulation... |
| Criminal Code Is Overgrown, Legal Experts Tell Panel There are about 4,500 criminal statutes in addition to over 300,000 other regulations that don't appear in the federal code but nevertheless carry essentially criminal penalties including prison... |
| The Jitney Potential: Transportation for the Poor Transportation costs account for about 17 percent of the total household expenditures of the average American family -- second only to housing... |
| Elastic Currency, With a Vengeance The tension between central banks and democracy is fundamental, because independent central banks are just that: independent... |
| A Foundational Problem with Regulations In the current regulatory process, economic analysis is conducted as an afterthought instead of being an integral part of the decision-making process... |
| The Fair Credit Reporting Act at 40 and Lessons for the Internet Privacy Debate As economic theory predicts, the credit reporting industry appears to have benefited from the ossifying effects of regulation... |
| Phased-in Teen Driving Privileges Could Save 2,000 Lives per Year The United States could save 2,000 lives a year if all 50 states instituted comprehensive programs of phased-in driving privileges for teens... |
| Poorer Schools Not Getting Fair Share of Funding More than 40 percent of low-income schools don't get their "fair share" of funding, despite federal requirements that districts spend "comparable" amounts of money at poorer schools... |
| Bikes and Red Lights A recent study monitored intersections around campus to see how well drivers and cyclists adhered to red lights -- only about 7 percent of cars ran red lights compared to 58 percent of bicycles... |
