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2008
November
Obama Money Talk
The new administration and the economy.
By James C. Capretta
Posted: Wednesday, November 26, 2008
President-elect Obama's incoming economic team wants to reduce projected budget deficits, but to them that means tax increases, not spending discipline.  The only question is when they will
Healthcare with a Conscience
By James C. Capretta
Posted: Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Healthcare institutions owned and operated by the Catholic Church are, and always have been, an important component of the nation's healthcare infrastructure. And while the institutions have
Doc Daschle
One cook in the health-reform kitchen.
By James C. Capretta
Posted: Thursday, November 20, 2008
Tom Daschle, President-elect Obama's designee to be HHS Secretary, is eager to help Obama implement a nationalized health-care plan.  But budgetary reality is likely to force Obama,
Health Care with a Conscience
By James C. Capretta
Posted: Monday, November 17, 2008
Catholic hospitals have long been important providers of American medical care. But as they have increasingly had to contend with secular institutions and regulations, their unique emphasis on values
Respect for Life
A voter's choice this election
By James C. Capretta
Posted: Wednesday, November 5, 2008
The two major political parties do differ on many issues, but most are amenable to give and take. Not so regarding respect for life. There is no getting around the fact that only one party
October
A Solvent Medicare
By James C. Capretta
Posted: Friday, October 31, 2008
The United States can provide generous health insurance coverage for seniors in the future, even coverage that costs much more than Medicare does today. But Medicare spending can't continue to
Great Society Redux?
Senator Obama's economic program is a throwback, not change.
By James C. Capretta
Posted: Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Ironically, Senator Obama really does not represent change on economic matters — or at least not a change toward something that hasn’t already been tried before.  The moment
The Dems' Health-Care Distortions
Seeing through the Obama smokescreen.
By James C. Capretta
Posted: Saturday, October 11, 2008
What's really remarkable about the recent attacks on Senator McCain's proposal to cover the uninsured with tax credits is that accusations are demonstrably false.  And it's
Obama's Glass House
It's his health-care plan that would push people out of job-based coverage.
By James C. Capretta
Posted: Tuesday, October 7, 2008
An independent assessment of a reform plan like Senator Obama's found that it would push more than 32 million Americans out of job-based coverage.  In other words, employers would
September
Investing in Middle Class Families
The case for a much expanded child tax credit.
By James C. Capretta
Posted: Sunday, September 21, 2008
The American family has been showing signs of stress for many year now.  Families are smaller, and more and more children are being raised in single-parent households.  It should be a
August
Daschle's Health-Care Plan
He wants an uber-regulator, on the fast track.
By James C. Capretta
Posted: Thursday, August 28, 2008
Former Democratic senator Tom Daschle seems to understand there is a downside to government-run health care -- which is, well, the government calling the shots.  But his solution would be a
Realistic Options for the Uninsured
New federal insurance not the cure
By James C. Capretta, Gary Andres
Posted: Thursday, August 14, 2008
Senator Obama's plan is built on the flawed assumption that the federal government could run the health care system better if only given the chance.  Senator McCain is right to oppose taking
July
Health Care 2008
A Political Primer
By James C. Capretta
Posted: Monday, July 14, 2008
It might turn out that Congress could pass a major health-care reform package in 2009 or 2010. But there are important reasons why such plans have not been enacted to date, and these include not
Obama’s Tax on Work
McCain can win votes by exposing the folly of “pay or play.”
By James C. Capretta
Posted: Thursday, July 10, 2008
Instead of building on today's system of job-based health-insurance coverage, Barack Obama's "pay or play" mandate would drive companies to drop their plans and push their employees
June
The Train Wreck Ahead
Medicare is rolling toward disaster, and there is no easy way to fix it.
By James C. Capretta
Posted: Friday, June 13, 2008
Reducing the size of Medicare's financial imbalance cannot be done without controversy or financial sacrifice.  But a reform that promotes consumer choice and strong price competition,
The Preacher as Economist vs. "The Economist as Preacher"
Economics, Secularism, and Faith
By John D. Mueller
Posted: Monday, June 2, 2008
The Economist as Preacher was the title of a book by George J. Stigler, who was most responsible for "Smythology": the myth that Adam Smith invented or is indispensable to
May
Obama’s Bad Prescription
Paving the way for a full government takeover.
By James C. Capretta
Posted: Thursday, May 29, 2008
Estimates show an Obama-like plan adding 40 million people to public insurance overnight.  Once started, the momentum toward full federal control of health care would be nearly
Causes and Cures of "Demographic Winter"
By John D. Mueller
Posted: Thursday, May 15, 2008
The new film Demographic Winter performs a national service by outlining the biggest social, economic and strategic challenge that the United States will face in coming decades. However, it also
April
A Bush Success (not that he gets credit)
The Medicare drug benefit is working better than predicted.
By James C. Capretta, Peter Wehner
Posted: Friday, April 25, 2008
Now in its third year, the Medicare drug benefit's market-based design is working better than predicted.  Eighty-five percent of beneficiaries are satisfied with their
It's the Economy, Stupid
By James C. Capretta
Posted: Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Growing anxiety about the American economy is a challenge and an opportunity for Senator McCain. His priorities should be tax cuts for parents to invest in the next generation, and tax
What Have We Learned About -- and From -- Wilhelm Röpke?
By John D. Mueller
Posted: Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Unlike his libertarian friends Ludwig von Mises and Friedrich von Hayek, Wilhelm Röpke had a genuine economic theory of the family, and understood that our most fundamental scale of preferences
The Three World Views in Economics
Templeton Enterprise Awards Symposium
By John D. Mueller
Posted: Thursday, April 10, 2008
There have been many economists, but only three basic theories of economics, which express three different world views.
1994 Redux
Senator Clinton hasn't changed a bit.
By James C. Capretta
Posted: Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Clinton has made it abundantly clear which approach to cost control she favors. Her 1994 plan sought to impose "premium caps" on insurance, which would have quickly become price controls
March
The Swedish Solution
A Social Security reform made in Scandinavia?
By James C. Capretta
Posted: Thursday, March 13, 2008
Swedish social security is solvent because payouts are automatically adjusted to stay within available revenue.  If similar provisions were adopted in the U.S., it would make a damaging
The Clipboard of the Future
Why Health Care Records Are So Low-Tech
By James C. Capretta
Posted: Monday, March 3, 2008
Most Americans have instantaneous access to their banking records over the Internet, but they never see their medical records. They do not have ready access to their children's immunization
February
The Population Gap
By James C. Capretta
Posted: Thursday, February 14, 2008
Europe and Japan are on the verge of an unprecedented labor-force contraction, which will slow their economies markedly in the years ahead.  Policymakers must understand that helping
January
Reforming Education
By James C. Capretta
Posted: Friday, January 18, 2008
Accountability in education should mean local schools becoming more responsive to the concerns and wishes of parents.
Health-Care Consensus?
Disguised as pluralism, the Democrats' plans would all lead to a government takeover.
By James C. Capretta
Posted: Friday, January 18, 2008
As Senator Hillary Clinton found out the hard way in 1994, most Democrats are no different than most Republicans: they support health-care reform in theory, but only if it doesn't disrupt what
Video Tribute
Remembering Our Mission
Vision of a democratic Iraq

On January 30, 2005, the people of Iraq stood against the terrorists by voting in elections for a national assembly which will draft a permanent constitution for the country. Click here to watch a three-minute video tribute to the inspiring moral and physical courage of Iraq's voters. 

The New Atlantis (Spring 2008)
The New Atlantis
A Journal of Technology and Society

The latest issue of The New Atlantis includes a major new poll on embryo research, plus articles and essays on biofuels, health care and the presidential election, biotech enhancement, multitasking, the mind of Einstein, and much more. Visit http://www.thenewatlantis.com/ today! 

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