Daily Policy Digest
International Issues
| BURN, SOCIAL MODEL, BURN With low taxes, a free labor market and fewer regulations for companies, the situation in France could change, says Johnny Munkhammer... |
| GERMANY'S ECONOMY IN DESPERATE NEED OF CHANGE Germany's stagnant economy is due to the government's decision to return to a social market economy, says Bob Formaini... |
| OUR IMMIGRANTS, THEIR IMMIGRANTS The French have incentives to take it easy, live well and then retire -- at the expense of the young -- says Joel Kotkin... |
| GLOBALIZATION AND INFLATION Global forces are more important than domestic factors in determining inflation in individual countries, say researchers... |
| HOW WIDE IS THE ATLANTIC? The United States must seek out friends in Europe, says Victor Davis Hanson... |
| DEBT RELIEF FOR POOR COUNTRIES The G-8 nations are preparing to cancel nearly $60 billion of Third World debt, say observers... |
| THE UTOPIAN NIGHTMARE Instead of trying to end world poverty, global leaders should simply concentrate on finding interventions that work, says William Easterly... |
| LIVE LONG AND WORK! By 2050, most European countries will have one worker per retiree, say observers... |
| WHY IS THE WORLD BANK STILL LENDING? The World Bank must accept that it is in the development business, not the banking business, says Adam Lerrick... |
| COULD THE EURO SURPASS THE DOLLAR? The euro could become the world's reserve currency, say observers... |
