Daily Policy Digest
International Issues
| IF THE WEST REALLY CARED Foreign aid harms the very people it is supposed to help, say observers... |
| PATIENTS PAY UP TO BEAT CHRONIC HEALTH QUEUES Australian patients wait an average of eight hours in public hospital emergency rooms, causing many too seek private care... |
| GO, IRISH Using fiscal policy to create growth, rather than restrain it, would be a more effective and less expensive way of helping Northern Ireland's economy, say observers... |
| STATE-OWNED PAIN State owned investment companies are bad alternatives to the private sector because they aren't subject to market discipline or held accountable for their actions, say observers... |
| INSURING CHINA'S FUTURE China will have to overcome formidable barriers to improve its retirement system, says Robert C. Pozen... |
| PROPAGANDA HIDES CUBAN SUFFERING Propaganda around Cuba's vaunted health care system hides the realities of its high death rates, says Humberto Fontova... |
| SICKO EUROPE Europe's misguided health care policies and state-run systems are why it is trailing the United States in quality and efficiency, says Daniele Capezzone... |
| MEXICO'S JOB-CREATION PROBLEM Solving the immigration problem will not happen unless Mexico solves its job-creation problem, says Joel Kurtzman... |
| FRENCH EXILES WARY OF SARKOZY TAX CUTS French households fleeing the "fortune tax" climbed to a record 649 in 2005 from 370 in 1997... |
| THE RETURN TO CAPITAL IN CHINA The real return to capital in China since 1978 fluctuated between 8 percent and 12 percent and rose to new highs in recent years... |
