Opinion
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National Symposium on Drug Importation: The Dubious Economics of Drug Importation
Opinion -It’s a pleasure to be back in Chicago. I got my training down the coast a couple of miles at the University of Chicago. I feel like I’m bringing coals to Newcastle. -
National Symposium on Drug Importation: The Pros and Cons of Drug Importation
Opinion -The speakers at this conference gave us a good idea of the depth of this issue. It is not simple. Over the course of the day, I heard seven good reasons why we should import drugs from Canada, and eight good reasons why we should not. -
Paper Companies to Pay $60 Million for Fox River Cleanup
Opinion -Two paper companies that discharged PCBs into northeast Wisconsin’s Fox River have agreed to pay $50 million toward the cleanup of the river’s headwaters. -
President Bush Names Heartland Chairman to National Board
Opinion -CHICAGO: NOVEMBER 21, 2003: President George W. Bush has appointed Dr. Herbert J. Walberg, chairman of the Board of Directors of The Heartland Institute, to the National Board for Education Sciences. -
States Sue EPA for Refusing to Regulate CO2
Opinion -Officials from 10 states, primarily in the Northeast and on the West Coast, have taken steps to challenge the Environmental Protection Agency’s finding that CO2 is not a pollutant under the Clean Air Act. -
Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly #2-14
Opinion -Trial Lawyers Pick Pockets of Panhandlers In the face of a lawsuit claiming the civil rights of panhandlers had been violated, Chicago stopped ticketing, and in some cases arresting, beggars. -
National Symposium on Drug Importation: A Canadian Economist’s Perspective
Opinion -It’s a pleasure and privilege to be here. I’ve done a lot of speaking in the U.S. on this issue because it’s an issue of such concern. I hope I can keep everyone’s attention. -
National Symposium on Drug Importation: The Danger of Unknown and Unknowable Costs
Opinion -The points that are going to be made today about the safety and economics of drug importation as they relate to pharmaceutical issues and products are even more applicable to biologics: vaccines, therapeutic serums, and other biological products used -
The Economics of Greenhouse Gas Control and the California Clean Car Program
Opinion -Since my distinguished colleague, Dr. Sallie Baliunas, is going to address the science of global warming, I will devote my 15 minutes to the economics of the issue. -
Economics Says Wilmette Smoking Ban Is Bad Idea
Opinion -Many people don’t like the smell of cigarette smoke, and they seem to believe it is therefore appropriate and necessary that smoking be banned in places they like to be. -
Proposed Wilmette Smoking Ban Ignores Latest Medical Research
Opinion -My hometown of Wilmette, Illinois is considering an ordinance that would ban smoking in nearly all public places and restaurants. I am not a smoker myself, but I believe such a ban would be bad public policy. -
Nuclear Energy in the World Today (Part Two)
Opinion -Environmental StewardshipIn addition to the good financial news, there is a great deal of exciting environmental news related to nuclear power.At Detroit Edison’s Fermi 2 Power Plant, environmentalism is for the birds. -
Ceaucescu: Father of Smart Growth
Opinion -Urban planning was a big part of Nickolae Ceaucescu’s “vision” of a better Romania for himself and his elite circle of friends. -
Book Review: Education and Capitalism
Opinion -Education and Capitalism: How Overcoming Our Fear of Markets and Economics Can Improve America’s Schools Herbert J. Walberg and Joseph L. -
Drug Importation Roulette
Opinion -A growing number of governors say they intend to defy federal regulators and purchase lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada. -
Why Drug Importation Endangers the Country’s Drug Supply
Opinion -Congress is considering federal legislation that would make importing drugs legal, not just from Canada but also from two dozen other countries. If the bill were to become law, U.S. -
Rx Drug Card Appeals to Congress
Opinion -Congressional conference committee negotiators working to hammer out a Medicare reform bill have agreed a discount prescription drug card may be the only way to get a drug benefit into the hands of seniors by the end of the year. -
Insurers Wrap Up Medicare Reform Ad Campaign
Opinion -The National Association of Health Underwriters (NAHU), in partnership with the Alliance to Improve Medicare (AIM), has just completed a national advertising campaign urging Congress to pass comprehensive Medicare reform legislation with a prescription -
Patient Patients
Opinion -Canadian drug prices are the envy of politicians like Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who hopes to save a little money on his state’s Medicaid and employee health programs by importing cheaper drugs from Canada. -
Millions Already Benefit from Private Rx Discount Programs
Opinion -Medicare-eligible senior citizens and disabled Americans without prescription drug coverage need not wait for Congress to act on a drug benefit. -
Taking Control
Opinion -Many prescription drugs, brand name as well as generic, are more expensive in the United States than in other countries. That is an indisputable fact. -
What Should Arnold Do?
Opinion -California’s budget crisis dominated the recall campaign, and Gov. Schwarzenegger has promised to deal with the budget before turning to any other issues. -
Taxes, Education Clash in Nevada
Opinion -The state of Nevada is in the midst of a constitutional tug-of-war pitting Silver State taxpayers against the state’s education bureaucracy. For the moment, the state’s top court has given the edge to the bureaucracy. -
Taxpayer Group Recognizes Top-Ranked Governors
Opinion -Americans for Tax Reform (ATR), a Washington, DC-based taxpayer advocacy group, awarded 17 governors with high ranks this year, and seven of those were given special “Gold Star” recognition.