John Raybould
of the Adam Smith Institute
Focus Point – Missile Defense
Having lost the use of "it won't work," opponents of a Missile Defense System are now trotting out, "We don't need it any more." Really?
Focus Point – The Economy, Stupid
Is presidential politics really reduceable to "it's the economy, stupid?" Conventional wisdom says yes, and that a good economy helps Al Gore while a bad one hurts him.
NCPA's Tax Expert Bartlett Available On Marriage Penalty And Death Tax
With the U.S. Senate set to debate both marriage penalty relief and ending the estate tax this week, Bruce Bartlett, senior fellow with the National Center for Policy Analysis, is available to provide expert analysis and comment on the two proposals and on their likelihood of passage.
Focus Point – The Bioengineering Bias
A lot of people are afraid of bioengineered food. Why?
NCPA/Dallas Fed Policy Forum To Feature Tribute To F.A. Hayek
Arguing that F.A. Hayek is more responsible than any other single individual for the intellectual defeat of totalitarian collectivism, John Raybould, a visiting fellow at London's Adam Smith Institute will present an audio visual tribute to the Austrian economist at the next National Center for Policy Analysis/Dallas Fed Policy Forum.
Focus Point – Splitting Microsoft
The government's spending a lot of time and effort to break up Microsoft, but is the law of unintended consequences lurking in the weeds? Alan Reynolds of the Hudson Institute thinks so. He asks why splitting Microsoft in two won't just create two monopolies.
Experts go by the Numbers to Pick Gore, but Bush will Triumph on Election Day
A few political scientists recently announced that according to their equations, the election is mute. Their prediction; Gore will win and it won't even be close.
Focus Point – The Crashing Curriculum
Here's a quiz for you: who knows a lot about racial, ethnic and sexual politics, but very little about literary history, Shakespeare and the classic authors of the Western philosophy? Answer: more and more college English graduates.
Four Years Of MSAs: The Lessons So Far
The Medical Savings Account (MSA) pilot program expires at the end of this year unless Congress acts soon to extend it.
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) allowed small employers and the self-employed to set up a tax-favored savings account to pay for routine medical expenses, provided they also have an insurance plan that meets some very specific requirements.
"CHIP Expansion A Step In The Wrong Direction" NCPA Experts Available On Health Care
Vice President Al Gore is expected today to discuss his plan to expand the Children's Health Insurance Program, the federal government's health insurance program for children in low-income families.
Focus Point – Hate Crimes
The senate has passed a so-called hate crimes law. I know those who voted for it had their hearts in the right place. But i could never have joined them.
Focus Point – Thoughts for the Fourth
The fourth of July is the time for Americans to feel good about their country, and I won't detract from that festive mood. The economy's great, the cold war's receding to a passage in the history books, technological advancements continue apace….what's not to like?
Focus Point – A Political Dilemma
Al Gore got a potentially nasty bit of news recently when Ralph Nader accepted the green party nomination for president. In the past, the greens have come in below other third parties, but grumblings on the left, a rise of no-nothingism in such areas as free trade, and a big-name candidate like Nader could put the greens on the map. He's attacking the hustings this time with vigor, and it's paying off: he's polling six percent nationally and ten percent in some states.