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Drug coverage for seniors is better addressed by private-sector plans than by forcing manufacturers to offer Federal Supply Schedule discounts to the retail sector.

This book calculates the deadweight loss caused by the inefficient method of taxation that the Federal Communications Commission has employed and describes an alternative method.

This work draws on nine case studies to determine the motivation for bank mergers, to assess the advertised gains in efficiency and services, and to resolve inconsistencies between econometric studies and comparisons of performance in different US states and in different countries.

If some members of Congress and the Federal Communications Commission have their way, they will mandate free television for federal candidates.

This text examines information from surveys of public attitudes to assess people's views about the government's role in reducing income differences between the rich and poor.

Two achievementsup the poor and animating civil societyare powerful moral claims for business corporations but schemes for corporate governance jeopardize these achievements.

The author discusses key concepts in consumption and income taxes and identifies the problems of a transition to a consumption-based system.

Envisioned as a symbol of President Clinton's commitment to social change, the Vaccines for Children Program was designed to be a single-payer system for childhood vaccines, covering everyone up to the age of eighteen, but today the program is in disarray

This volume shows how a narrow focus on jobs and bilateral trade confrontations jeopardizes the real economic and security interests of the United States and its allies.

Medical savings accounts (MSAs), an alternative to conventional health insurance, are designed to offer individuals the opportunity to save money while providing greater economic efficiency in the medical care sector. However, this study argues that MSAs are unlikely to lead to efficient spending.

This book discusses how global budgets relate to competitive cost-control strategies.

This book discusses President Bill Clinton's approach to health care industry reform.

This book discusses how bureaucrats, special interest groups, and politicians often become entangled in the process of health care reform.

This book discusses the economic effects of health care reform on the federal budget, the labor market, income distribution, innovation, and the adminstration of health care.

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In 1989, for the first time since 1947, the ruling nationalist party in the Republic of China in Taiwan competed in free elections with other major political parties for the right to govern. This work describes the results of the national, provincial and local electoral contests.

Medicare is quickly approaching insolvency, in part because the program pays too much for the services it provides. In Bring Market Prices to Medicare, Robert F. Coulam, Roger Feldman, and Bryan E. Dowd propose a groundbreaking solution: Use market-based arrangements to set prices for Medicare plans.

The authors offer principles for reform designed to encourage equity, efficiency, and accountability in all publicly funded health care programs.

U.S. Markets for Vaccines: Characteristics, Case Studies, and Controversies examines several case studiesincluding vaccines for diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, seasonal influenza, chicken pox, and shinglesthat demonstrate the diverse dynamics of vaccine markets.

In Rethinking Federal Housing Policy: How to Make Housing Plentiful and Affordable, Edward L. Glaeser and Joseph Gyourko explain why housing is so expensive in some areas and outline a plan for making it more affordable.

This monograph demonstrates empirically how the free-market system of drug pricing is vital to the development of new breakthrough drugs.

Peacock contends that the VRA, as it is currently implemented, undermines the Founders' vision of government by emphasizing racial and ethnic group rights over individual rights.

If the United States is to maintain its status as the sole superpower, Donnelly and Kagan argue, American land power must be restructured to confront unprecedented challenges.

Religion and the American Future is a lively, learned dialogue on the role of religion in American society. The contributors raise their voices in opposition to the tide of cynicism and constraint that often overwhelms religion in public life and argue that tolerance, respect, and free expression must define the future of religion in America.

The authors analyze the best available economic data and conclude that American consumers_particularly the less affluent_have benefited tremendously from Wal-Mart's 'everyday low prices.'

This volume provides readers with concise but varying perspectives on the possibilities of tax reform and focuses attention on key questions in the scholarly debate.