Settlement
November 23, 2020 Settlement and Recap The National Center for Policy Analysis is suing its own officers and directors for gross negligence, mismanagement of money and breach of fiduciary duty. …
NCPA Experts
Senior Fellows Jacki PickJacki Pick is a Senior Fellow specializing in Energy. Her research and opinion has been featured in the Washington Post, Forbes, the International Business Times, the San …
General Tommy R. Franks
Retired General in the United States Army, previously serving as Commander-in-Chief of the United States Central Command Interviewed by nationally syndicated talk radio host Mike Gallagher.
Applying the Lessons of State Health Reform
Lack of health insurance is a significant, persistent problem in New Jersey. In 2007, more than 1.3 million residents were uninsured – three-fourths were working-age adults 19 to 64 years old. About 15.6 percent of New Jersey residents are uninsured, which is close to the national average, and the U.S. Census Bureau recently ranked New Jersey 34th among states in the percentage of residents with insurance coverage.
NCPA and Salem Radio Network Deliver 1.3 Million Plus Signature Petition
Leading opponents of government-run health care provided a massive demonstration of strength today, as the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) and Salem Radio Network delivered the more than 1.3 million signatures behind their joint "Free Our Health Care Now" petition to Congress at a rally held on Capitol Hill.
Petition Attracts Million Plus Opposed to Gov't Healthcare- One News Now
A large grassroots healthcare campaign has generated support from more than a million Americans.
The Competition Cure – Wall Street Journal
"Competition" has become a watchword of Team Obama's push for its health-care bill. Specifically, the Administration has defended its public insurance option as a necessary competitive goad to the private health insurance industry.
John Goodman in Wall Street Journal, Explains Protests
In today's Wall Street Journal, National Center for Policy Analysis President John C. Goodman takes an insiders look at the town hall attendees who are speaking up at these August meetings all over the country.
Explaining the Town-Hall Protests – Wall Street Journal
'They're un-American," says House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. "They're spreading lies and distortions," says senior White House adviser David Axelrod. They are "being funded and organized by out-of-district special-interest groups and insurance companies," says the Democratic National Committee (DNC).
Explaining the Town-Hall Protests – Wall Street Journal
'They're un-American," says House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. "They're spreading lies and distortions," says senior White House adviser David Axelrod. They are "being funded and organized by out-of-district special-interest groups and insurance companies," says the Democratic National Committee (DNC).
The Democrats' Health Reform Problem Begins With the Questions Democrats Ask – National Review
How can Washington have spent so much time debating health care and still have failed to come up with a reasonable reform? By starting from the wrong premises. There are three basic questions to be asked about the design of any health-care system.
Saving Money, Saving Lives – Vital Speeches of the Day
Mr. Chairman and members of the Subcommittee, I offer these comments for your consideration as you debate options for increasing the quality of health care and lowering the cost. I …
Health Policy Consensus Group Puts Obama, Congress on Notice
While the debate over how to address health care costs continues across the nation, a coalition of experts from pro-market think tanks released a statement identifying six policy deal-killers for …
Richard Beeman
Constitutional expert, scholar & author
Health Care Reform: Do Other Countries Have the Answers?
The health care systems of all developed countries face three unrelenting problems: rising costs, inadequate quality, and incomplete access to care. Much analysis published in medical journals suggests that other countries have found superior solutions to these problems. This conclusion is at odds with economic research that is published in journals physicians seldom read, using methodologies that are unfamiliar to physicians.
Obama to AMA: You're the problem
A leading health economist says President Obama delivered a subtle and unpleasant message to the American Medical Association yesterday, implying that doctors are the main problem behind rising healthcare costs. …
Gerald W. Scully: Dallas economist changed baseball with free agency theory
Gerald W. Scully was a utility player of an economist who enjoyed tackling and solving a variety of economic questions, from the market value of a professional athlete to the …
Economic Inequality: Facts, Theory and Significance
The well-documented rise in economic inequality in the United States over the last two decades is somewhat misleading. Almost all Americans, whether considered "rich" or "poor," are better off economically today than in previous times. Furthermore, due to the high degree of income mobility in the United States, most people move between income groups throughout their life.
State Health Care Reform: Key Questions and Answers
One of the biggest problems in health care reform is that parties with different viewpoints do not agree on basic facts. Some view the private sector as the source of U.S. health care woes and an expansion of government control as the solution. Others believe that ill-considered government interference is the main source of the problem.
Does it Pay to Work More?
Does it pay to work more hours in order to earn more income? The answer depends on what one earns after taxes. Virtually all American households are confronted with high to very high marginal tax rates when they increase the number of hours they work in the current year or in future years.
Economic Freedom and the Trade-off between Inequality and Growth
One of government's biggest challenges is to develop policies that raise the standard of living in a society without creating large income gaps between the rich and poor. But to a great extent, raising living standards and redistributing income are mutually exclusive goals.
Global Warming: Experts’ Opinions versus Scientific Forecasts
In 2007, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued its Fourth Assessment Report. The report included predictions of big increases in average world temperatures by 2100, resulting in an increasingly rapid loss of the world's glaciers and ice caps, a dramatic global sea level rise that would threaten low-lying coastal areas, the spread of tropical diseases, and severe drought and floods.
The Bush Capital Gains Tax Cut after Four Years: More Growth, More Investment, More Revenues
In May 2003, President George W. Bush signed into law his investment tax cut. This package included accelerated reductions in income tax rates, a cut in the dividend tax from 39.6 percent to 15 percent and a reduction in the capital gains tax from 20 percent to 15 percent.
Economic Growth without Inflation
Can the economy grow faster without causing inflation to accelerate? Some argue that the downside of a rapidly rising gross domestic product (GDP) is more inflation, and that you can't have more of the former without more of the latter. But both logic and history suggest otherwise.
Ocean Fisheries: Common Heritage or Tragic Commons?
For centuries, North America's coastal fisheries ranked among the most bountiful on the planet. For instance, five hundred years ago the English explorer John Cabot reported the waters off Newfoundland were so thick with cod you could catch them by hanging baskets over the ship's side. But the boom is over. American and world fisheries have entered a period of rapid and unprecedented decline.