NCPA Daily Policy Digest for August 31, 2011

August 31, 2011

 

Weak Dollar Can Strengthen Economy

Buoyed in part by a weak dollar, U.S. exports have risen 17 percent in the last year; that's good for the economy, says Bob McTeer, a distinguished fellow with the National Center for Policy Analysis...

DALLAS MORNING NEWS

Texas Wind Energy Fails, Again

Even though wind turbines account for about 10 percent of Texas' summer electricity-generation capacity, wind energy was able to provide just 1.3 percent of the electricity needed on a recent summer day...

NATIONAL REVIEW

Give Free Trade a Chance

A transatlantic zero-tariffs initiative would increase combined U.S.-EU gross domestic product by $180 billion within five years...

WALL STREET JOURNAL/EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY

Backdoor Drugs

Fifty-two percent of hospital purchasing agents and pharmacists reported they had bought drugs from so-called "gray market" vendors during the previous two years...

MSNBC.com

Steep Rises in Health Premiums Scrutinized

Starting Thursday, the Obama administration and states will automatically scrutinize any proposed health premium increase of 10 percent or more...

WALL STREET JOURNAL



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