Daily Policy Digest
International Issues
| THE POPULATION IMPLOSION In many parts of the world, there aren't nearly enough babies, says Joel Garreau... |
| BELGIUM'S CULTURE OF CRASHES Belgium's antiquated driving laws and lack of stop signs are major factors in the country's relatively high traffic fatality rate... |
| EUROPEAN JOB-KILLING MACHINE The United States has created more private sector jobs in the last four years than Europe has in the last 20, says Richard Rahn... |
| FLEXICURITY Denmark has boosted private-sector employment by 3.7 percent over the past three years, and added 34,000 jobs this year alone... |
| FOREIGN AID FAILS POOR COUNTRIES -- ECONOMIC FREEDOM IS KEY There is a strong relationship between economic freedom and human development indicators, according to report... |
| MODERN CHATTEL Some 200 million people, or 3 percent of the world population, have fled their countries, sending $250 billion in remittances in 2005, according to World Bank estimates... |
| ICH BIN EIN POOR BERLINER Berlin is basically broke... |
| A COUP D'ÉTAT IN SWEDEN Sweden has the highest taxes in the West, a highly regulated labor market, public welfare monopolies and one of the worst employment records in Europe... |
| JAPAN'S WRENCHING CHOICES Japan's welfare state is in trouble because of an aging population, low birthrates and opposition to immigration... |
| NEW EUROPE'S BOOMTOWN Estonia's economic policies are more radical than Ireland's and the results have been impressive... |
