Daily Policy Digest
Government Issues
| SMALL BUSINESSES PAY 33 PERCENT OF RISING TORT COSTS OUT-OF-POCKET Our lawsuit system is increasingly burdening owners, workers and our entire economy, says Lisa Rickard, president of the Institute of Legal Reform... |
| OPEN THE BORDERS: MIGRATION AND THE WELFARE STATE Classical liberal support for migration and opposition to welfare state redistributionism are not only consistent, they are reinforcing, says Chris Berg, a research fellow with the Institute of Public Affairs and Editor of the IPA Review... |
| LESSONS FROM THE SWEDISH WELFARE STATE New research shows bigger government means slower growth. Sweden is a prime example, according to Andreas Bergh, an associate with the Research Institute of Industrial Economics, Lund University and the Ratio Institute in Stockholm; and Magnus Henrekson, CEO of the Research Institute of Industrial Economics in Stockholm... |
| OBAMA'S IMMIGRATION DISTRACTION America's sputtering economy is not just turning off low-skilled immigrants. High-skilled immigrants -- who face relatively less hostility -- are spurning it too, says Shikha Dalmia, a senior analyst at the Reason Foundation... |
| THE GREAT FIREWALL OF AUSTRALIA: ECONOMIC CONCERNS Mandatory Internet filtering has economic and political risks, says Chris Williams-Wynn, a recent honors graduate of the University of Melbourne... |
| A PLAGUE OF LOBBYISTS More than 1,750 companies and organizations hired about 4,525 lobbyists -- eight for each member of Congress -- to influence health reform bills in 2009, says science correspondent Ronald Bailey... |
| PROPOSED INTERNET "KILL SWITCH" RAISES CONCERNS Should the president have the power to shut off the Internet?... |
| HOW RISKY IS IT, REALLY? Risks that are natural aren't as upsetting as risks that are human-made, says David Ropeik, author, consultant and Harvard University instructor... |
| IF SCIENTISTS WANT TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC, THEY SHOULD START BY LISTENING Politics and mistrust towards perceived industry-backed science seem to drive public fears, says science journalist Chris Mooney, author of "Unscientific America: Scientific Illiteracy Threatens our Future"... |
| SUPREME COURT EXPANDS GUN RIGHTS The Supreme Court's ruling Monday finalizes the debate over whether individual states, or even individual towns, cities, or municipalities, have the authority to ban possession of firearms, say observers... |
