Publications
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Climate Change in the Classroom Education or Indoctrination? Part 1: Why Al Gore Doesn’t Belong in the Classroom
Publication -Research and Commentaries -This collection of eight articles and reports on Al Gore’s film, “An Inconvenient Truth” -
Use of Credit Scoring in Insurance
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Insurers have the unenviable responsibility of crafting rate and premium structures that allow both profitability for shareholders and fairness to consumers. -
Wireless Industry Regulation
Publication -Research and Commentaries -In states across the country, some legislators are proposing to increase regulations on wireless communications. Such regulations raise the cost of doing business for companies ... and in the long run, that means higher prices for consumers. -
Why Is Science Being Ignored?
Publication -Research and Commentaries -The February issue of the British Medical Journal (http://heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=22811) confirms what research has shown for years: smokeless tobacco is less harmful than traditional smoking. -
Research & Commentary: School Vouchers as a Solution to Georgia’s Dire Education Problems
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Student achievement in Georgia is simply awful, and the state’s high school dropout rate puts it near dead-last in the country on this measure as well. -
Foreign Direct Investment
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Dear Friend: We live in a global economy. The economic livelihoods of every nation rely on the free movement of money and capital across national borders. -
The Case for the Flat Tax
Publication -Research and Commentaries -A simpler, fairer, and flatter tax system would reduce or eliminate many of these problems and lead to more economic growth, many analysts believe. -
Solving the Freight Rail Transportation Bottleneck
Publication -Policy Studies -This Heartland Policy Study by transportation expert Wendell Cox describes how to prevent a freight rail bottleneck in the U.S. -
No Child Left Behind – The Debate Over Reauthorization
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Across the country, school is back in session. Will No Child Left Behind (NCLB) be re-enrolled? NCLB was initiated in 2001 with bipartisan support and was signed into law by President George W. Bush in 2002. -
Evidence-Based Medicine
Publication -Research and Commentaries -The relationship between doctors and their patients is very special. -
Wind Energy
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Kermit the Frog said “it’s not easy being green.” But Kermit didn’t know how easy it would be to appear green. -
Economic Markets and Political Markets
Publication -Policy Briefs -Economist Jim Johnston explains the differences between political markets, such as the one created for trading sulfur dioxide emissions, and real markets, such as futures markets for natural gas. -
School Choice: The Findings
Publication -Books -School Choice: The Findings is the most comprehensive and up-to-date survey available summarizing the research on charter schools, vouchers, and public versus private school effectiveness. -
Federal Excise Tax on Tobacco
Publication -Research and Commentaries -What does children’s health insurance have to do with tobacco tax? That is the question some policymakers are asking as new revenue is sought for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). -
Gasoline Prices
Publication -Research and Commentaries -This summer, gasoline prices continue to climb- in some areas, to nearly $4 per gallon. -
Virtual Schools
Publication -Research and Commentaries -New technologies are changing and improving many aspects of our daily lives, from our jobs to our health, our hobbies, and even how we stay in touch with family and friends. The Internet, as they say, “changes everything. -
Medicaid Reform
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Between 1970 and 2002 government expenditures on health care rose by 690 percent, and if current trends hold, by the year 2050 those expenditures will account for one-third of U.S. gross domestic product. -
10 Principles of Health Care Policy
Publication -Legislative Principles -This booklet is designed to help state legislators find solutions to health care problems by first identifying their causes and true extent--which often are not as they are reported in newspaper stories or touted by special interest groups--and then by -
Modernizing Insurance Regulation
Publication -Research and Commentaries -The McCarran-Ferguson Act of 1945 ushered in the current era of state regulation of the insurance industry. -
Special-Needs Vouchers
Publication -Research and Commentaries -This collection of articles explores how special-needs vouchers are a better way of providing children with physical and mental disability the quality education they deserve. -
Charter Schools
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Those concerned with reforming America’s public education system are compelled by three goals: parents want their children to receive a quality education, educators want the tools and flexibility to teach, and school boards and governments demand -
State Children’s Health Insurance Program
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Created in 1997, SCHIP provides health insurance coverage for families with too much income to qualify for Medicaid, but not enough income to afford private insurance. -
State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)
Publication -Research and Commentaries -Congress created the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) in 1997 to provide a safety net for children whose parents could not afford private health insurance.