Hoover Institution political scientist Alvin Rabushka points to eight different countries in the former Soviet bloc that have adopted some form of flat tax in recent years. In addition to Russia and Slovakia, they are Romania, Georgia, Estonia, Latvia, Serbia and Ukraine. He predicts that Poland and the Czech Republic
Generic drugs are on average 78 percent more expensive in Canada than in the United States, according to a new study by Brett Skinner (Fraser Institute).
Moreover, Canadians could save between $2 billion and $5 billion annually if governments allowed the pharmaceutical market in Canada to be as competitive as the
The effect of the Kyoto Treaty on temperatures will be hardly noticeable, but will cost billions of dollars and create mass unemployment, says the Investor’s Business Daily.
In a study for the American Council for Capital Formation, economic consultant DRI-WEFA reports that:
Kyoto implementation will cost Britain 4 percent of its
Environmental misinformation is finding its way into children’s books, says Jay Lehr of the Heartland Institute. A recent publication, “The Future of the Earth,” by Yann Arthur-Bertrand, targets children between the ages of 10 and 12 with blatant falsehoods about the environment.
Some examples:
Arthur-Bertrand predicts that air pollution from cars
Increased pharmaceutical spending results more from increased usage and new products than higher prices. That is, more people are using better medicines. For this reason prices cannot be debated in isolation. Costs must be compared to benefits, says Doug Bandow, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute.
People demand pharmaceuticals because
