02 Apr 2010
 
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By Arnold Kling
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How Much Debt Is Too Much for Voters?
Steven Malanga  | 31 Mar 2010
Two different polling firms separately asked voters in California and New York how their state governments should solve current budget problems: tax increases, spending cuts, or a combination. Neither poll gave voters another choice: more debt. (Read)
 
     
How China Can Rule the World
Bill Costello  | 29 Mar 2010
Is it possible that China will "rule the world" in the near future? Only if it's able to successfully transform from an industrial-based economy to a knowledge-based economy, and then an innovation-based one. (Read)
The New Electorate
Jon N. Hall  | 26 Mar 2010
Voting is so central to the American system that three of the last five amendments to our Constitution deal with voting. Now, the American political Left wants to extend the vote to increasingly younger demographics. (Read)
King Dollar
Larry Kudlow  | 25 Mar 2010
The biggest story out there right now has got to be the re-emergence of King Dollar. All the dollar bears from the beginning of this year, and all the gold bulls, have been completely and utterly wrong. (Read)
The Fix Is In
Theodore Dalrymple  | 22 Mar 2010
Americans would do well to ponder a recent admission by a former British minister in: that while spending on Britain's National Health Service had increased by 60 percent under the Labour government, its output had decreased by 4 percent. (Read)
Why the SEIU Wants Health Reform
Diana Furchtgott-Roth  | 18 Mar 2010
The largest health care labor union in the United States is using its 2.2 million members' hard-earned dues to finance an intense, expensive lobbying campaign to support the health-insurance bill - in order to prop up its failing pension plans. (Read)
Is Dodd Ending Too Big to Fail?
Larry Kudlow  | 16 Mar 2010
Surprise, surprise. Sen. Chris Dodd's financial-regulation proposal raises the possibility of substantial progress on the road to ending "too big to fail" and bailout nation for banks. (Read)
Reaching for the SKY
Bill Costello  | 14 Mar 2010
Within South Korea, the three most prestigious universities are Seoul National University, Korea University, and Yonsei University. Collectively, they are referred to by the acronym SKY. (Read)
Trading Up...or Down
Jens F. Laurson & George A. Pieler  | 11 Mar 2010
The U.S. and Brazil are battling over cotton: Brazil counters U.S. subsidies with tariffs on a variety of imports. The global economy remains in fragile-recovery mode, and the freest possible flow of goods and services is critical to that recovery. (Read)