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Government intervention, not market failure, explains crisis

Jason Clemens and Robert Murphy are the authors of this guest commentary. Jason Clemens is the director of research and Robert Murphy, Ph.D., is a senior fellow at the Pacific Research Institute (www.pacificresearch.org). A financial crisis is gripping the nation and the global economy. This crisis, according to a growing ...
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Economic Freedom and the Presidential Election

The Pacific Research Institute in association with Forbes produced the U.S. Economic Freedom Index, 2008 Report by Lawrence J. McQuillan, Michael T. Maloney, Eric Daniels, and Brent M. Eastwood and I have been intending to discuss it for some time. Then I thought that it might be interesting to correlate ...
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Getting California on track

As President-elect Obama assembles his team, back here in California, the new legislature prepares to convene in less than 30 days and the governor stews about a several-billion-dollar deficit only a few weeks after the state’s supposedly balanced budget was approved. Recently, Gov. Schwarzenegger announced the formation of a task ...
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Broadband Summit: Connecting America

Broadband Summit: Connecting America FCC-NARUC Joint Conference on Advanced Services November 6, 2008, Noon to 5:15 PM Atherton Room, Fairmont Hotel, 170 S. Market Street, San Jose, California (in conjunction w/ Wireless Communications Association Symposium and Business Expo) Introduction of Mayor Reed: FCC Chairman Kevin Martin Welcoming Remarks: 12:00-12:10 PM ...
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Use Special Session to Liberate California Economy

California Republic, November 7, 2008 Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (Ontario, CA), November 13, 2008 SACRAMENTO – Today, one day after a national election, a special California legislative session, called for by Governor Schwarzenegger, begins to deal with this fiscal year’s budget deficit, as high as $10 billion by some estimates. ...
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Tort law a threat to your health?

Washington Times, November 5, 2008 Spanish Journal ((Milwaukee, WI), November 19, 2008 Floodwood Forum (Floodwood, MN), November 20, 2008 Tri-City Voice (Fremont, CA), March 18, 2009 COMMENTARY: The U.S. Supreme Court Monday heard arguments in Wyeth v. Levine, a case that could uphold a fundamental tenet of our Constitution. Or, ...
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Side effects

Boston Herald, November 5, 2008 Los Angeles Times, November 8, 2008 San Francisco Examiner, November 9, 2008 Letter to the Editor The health of all Americans is at stake as the U.S. Supreme Court weighs the arguments in Wyeth vs. Levine (“U.S. court hears amputee’s case in drug suit,” Nov. ...
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Gov. Schwarzenegger’s veto traps California in obsolete medical research

Eureka Reporter, November 4, 2008 Sacramento Union, November 12, 2008 SACRAMENTO – Last month Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger proclaimed September 25 “Stem Cell Awareness Day.” That news got by many Californians, who remain unaware of how California is locked into paying for obsolete research, certain to consume billions of dollars but ...
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Governor Arnold’s Regendering Plan

It’s not on today’s ballot, but let me cast a vote on a regendering plan tendered by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger at a recent women’s conference in Long Beach. “My goal is to do everything we can to also create more women in the legislature,” the governor said. “Because we ...
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Safe Search Engines Offer Peace of Mind

In another example of the market providing parents with safe-search alternatives for their children, the recent redesign of AskKids.com means children can safely search for information on the Internet while taking advantage of the site’s games, kid-friendly videos, and images. AskKids.com (https://www.askkids.com) features a schoolhouse page allowing children to search ...
Business & Economics

Government intervention, not market failure, explains crisis

Jason Clemens and Robert Murphy are the authors of this guest commentary. Jason Clemens is the director of research and Robert Murphy, Ph.D., is a senior fellow at the Pacific Research Institute (www.pacificresearch.org). A financial crisis is gripping the nation and the global economy. This crisis, according to a growing ...
Business & Economics

Economic Freedom and the Presidential Election

The Pacific Research Institute in association with Forbes produced the U.S. Economic Freedom Index, 2008 Report by Lawrence J. McQuillan, Michael T. Maloney, Eric Daniels, and Brent M. Eastwood and I have been intending to discuss it for some time. Then I thought that it might be interesting to correlate ...
Business & Economics

Getting California on track

As President-elect Obama assembles his team, back here in California, the new legislature prepares to convene in less than 30 days and the governor stews about a several-billion-dollar deficit only a few weeks after the state’s supposedly balanced budget was approved. Recently, Gov. Schwarzenegger announced the formation of a task ...
Business & Economics

Broadband Summit: Connecting America

Broadband Summit: Connecting America FCC-NARUC Joint Conference on Advanced Services November 6, 2008, Noon to 5:15 PM Atherton Room, Fairmont Hotel, 170 S. Market Street, San Jose, California (in conjunction w/ Wireless Communications Association Symposium and Business Expo) Introduction of Mayor Reed: FCC Chairman Kevin Martin Welcoming Remarks: 12:00-12:10 PM ...
Business & Economics

Use Special Session to Liberate California Economy

California Republic, November 7, 2008 Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (Ontario, CA), November 13, 2008 SACRAMENTO – Today, one day after a national election, a special California legislative session, called for by Governor Schwarzenegger, begins to deal with this fiscal year’s budget deficit, as high as $10 billion by some estimates. ...
Business & Economics

Tort law a threat to your health?

Washington Times, November 5, 2008 Spanish Journal ((Milwaukee, WI), November 19, 2008 Floodwood Forum (Floodwood, MN), November 20, 2008 Tri-City Voice (Fremont, CA), March 18, 2009 COMMENTARY: The U.S. Supreme Court Monday heard arguments in Wyeth v. Levine, a case that could uphold a fundamental tenet of our Constitution. Or, ...
Business & Economics

Side effects

Boston Herald, November 5, 2008 Los Angeles Times, November 8, 2008 San Francisco Examiner, November 9, 2008 Letter to the Editor The health of all Americans is at stake as the U.S. Supreme Court weighs the arguments in Wyeth vs. Levine (“U.S. court hears amputee’s case in drug suit,” Nov. ...
Business & Economics

Gov. Schwarzenegger’s veto traps California in obsolete medical research

Eureka Reporter, November 4, 2008 Sacramento Union, November 12, 2008 SACRAMENTO – Last month Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger proclaimed September 25 “Stem Cell Awareness Day.” That news got by many Californians, who remain unaware of how California is locked into paying for obsolete research, certain to consume billions of dollars but ...
Business & Economics

Governor Arnold’s Regendering Plan

It’s not on today’s ballot, but let me cast a vote on a regendering plan tendered by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger at a recent women’s conference in Long Beach. “My goal is to do everything we can to also create more women in the legislature,” the governor said. “Because we ...
Business & Economics

Safe Search Engines Offer Peace of Mind

In another example of the market providing parents with safe-search alternatives for their children, the recent redesign of AskKids.com means children can safely search for information on the Internet while taking advantage of the site’s games, kid-friendly videos, and images. AskKids.com (https://www.askkids.com) features a schoolhouse page allowing children to search ...
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