Daily Policy Digest
International Issues
| GERMANY COULD FACE 'FUND EXODUS' Tax changes to attract investments could backfire in Germany, causing significant funds to leave the country... |
| THAI FLU MOVES SOUTH Recent intellectual property rights violations in Thailand and Brazil are a slap in the face of the World Trade Organization and the market system of drug innovation... |
| FEELING LIKE A TRILLION DOLLARS India recently became the 12th country in the world to have an economy worth a trillion dollars, but that doesn't necessarily mean it is healthy, says Pramit Pal Chaudhuri... |
| CUBA'S LONG LIE EXPECTANCY Cuba's storied long life expectancy is not the result of a healthy lifestyle, but an ability to distort statistics... |
| CANADA'S COSTLY TAX BUREAUCRACY The total cost for complying with and administering Canada's tax system is between $18.9 billion (about U.S. $16.9 billion) and $30.8 billion (about U.S. $27.5 billion) in 2005... |
| AUSTRALIA'S TAX BURDEN OUTPACING INFLATION In Australia, every dollar the country earned from New Year's Day up until April 24 has gone to the government in taxes... |
| NEW ZEALAND TAX OVERHAUL New Zealand needs a major tax overhaul... |
| INDIA'S SAVING GRACE India's new pension plan provides a model for tackling common problems with traditional pensions, says Ajay Shah... |
| CANADIANS' TAX BILL BIGGER THAN ALL NECESSITIES COMBINED The average Canadian family paid almost 45 percent of its income in taxes in 2006... |
| THE REAL THREAT TO "SOCIAL EUROPE" Europe's shrinking population isn't a problem in itself; rising "old-age dependency" is... |
