Three Simple Ways Medicare Can Save Money
The Wall Street Journal: NCPA President John Goodman’s commentary supports free-market Medicare reforms as the most effective way to control costs.
The EPA’s New Air Quality Regulations: All Pain, No Gain (Part Two)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continues to expand its reach, creating a host of new regulations at a high cost to the economy. This is especially true of two new EPA initiatives: a proposed revision to the national ground-level ozone standard and the attempt to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act.
The EPA’s New Air Quality Regulations: All Pain, No Gain (Part One)
Over the past two years the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed or finalized a number of air quality regulations that could seriously retard the economic recovery. Economists estimate that two of the new rules — the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule and the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards — will cost millions of jobs and raise energy prices with little or no public health benefit.
Stock Market Shock – what it means for you.
KXAS NBC: NCPA’s Pam Villarreal with Jane McGarry on Channel 5’s NBC DFW Non-Stop, discussing the current market turmoil.
Saving Gas Via Underpowered Death Traps
Miller-MCune: The Obama Administration’s new fuel-economy standards for cars, light trucks and SUVs have a down side.
Bob McTeer – Fed Intervention
CNBC – National Center for Policy Analysis Distinguished Fellow Bob McTeer discussing what moves the Federal Reserve needs to make in response to the market turmoil.
Government Poverty-Fighting Programs Fail Poor
Poorly designed government regulations are blocking many private sector assistance options that could provide essential services to the poor almost immediately, according to a new report from the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA).
Report: Deregulating Entrepreneurship Will Benefit Poor
Newsmax.com: NCPA’s Roger Koppl and Pete du Pont contributed to the recent NCPA report on deregulating entrepreneurship to boost effective, affordable services for the poor.
Enterprise Programs: Freeing Entrepreneurs to Provide Essential Services to the Poor
There is no more urgent task than getting people back to work and improving the prospects for economic progress of all Americans — especially the poor. Consider this: As of May 2011, 9.1 percent of Americans were unemployed and looking for work. But workers who are minorities, less educated and inexperienced face greater employment challenges than others. Among ethnic minorities, for example, the Hispanic unemployment rate was 11.9 percent and the African American unemployment rate was 16.2 percent. Unemployment of college graduates was half the overall national rate and one-third the unemployment rate of workers with less than a high school education. Among teenagers 16 to 19 years old, more than one in five was unemployed, and among black teenagers, more than four in 10 was unemployed.
Roger Koppl
Roger Koppl is a professor of economics and finance in the Silberman College of Business and director of the Institute for Forensic Science Administration at Fairleigh Dickinson University and a …
No Increase in Medicare Drug Premiums in 2012
U.S. News and World Report – John Goodman applauds the fact that Medicare prescription premiums have gone down in the past year, but warns against the government providing benefits it cannot afford.
How a Weak Dollar Drains Your Pocketbook.
Fox Business –Bob McTeer explains how a weak dollar can be good for GDP but bad for standard of living.
Utah Approves Expansion of Important Copper Mine
The Heartland Institute – After two public hearings and an extended comment period, the Utah Air Quality Board has approved emissions increases for long-term mining at Kennecott Utah Copper’s Bingham Canyon mine. During the process, Kennecott was able to overcome objections from environmental activists who claimed mining causes too much air pollution.
Wildfire Threat Grows with Housing Sprawl
CNBC – The threat of larger wildfires today was the topic of a 2008 NCPA publication.
Bedbugs Found Carrying Drug-Resistant Staph
The Heartland Institute – In an article on bedbugs, Sterling Burnett blames the government ban on DDT for the recent infestation surge.
Us Against Them
Texas Insider – John C. Goodman comments on how divisive rhetoric is influencing educational policy.
Congressional Briefs: 10 Important Public Policy Issues
To confront America’s health care crisis, we do not need more spending, more regulations or more bureaucracy. We do need people, however, including every doctor and every patient. All 300 million Americans must be free to use their intelligence, their creativity and their innovative ability to make the changes needed to create access to low-cost, high-quality health care.