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| Preface | |
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| Correlation Guide | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Microeconomic Issues | |
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| Are Profits the Only Business of Business? | |
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| Yes: "The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profits," The New York Times Magazine (September 13, 1970) | |
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| No: "Morality in the Marketplace: Reflections on the Friedman Doctrine," in Milton Snoeyenbos, Robert Almeder, and James Humber, eds., Business Ethics, rev. ed. (Prometheus Press, 1998) | |
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| Should the Compensation of Executives Be Subject to Government Regulation? | |
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| Yes: "Testimony Before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services" (January 22, 2010) | |
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| No: "Testimony Before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services" (June 11, 2009) | |
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| Has the Supreme Court Made It Possible for Corporations to Buy Elections? | |
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| Yes: "Testimony Before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on House Administration" (February 3, 2010) | |
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| No: "Testimony Before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on House Administration" (February 3, 2009) | |
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| Should the United States Stop All New Offshore Drilling for Oil? | |
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| Yes: "Testimony Before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources" (May 27, 2010) | |
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| No: "Testimony Before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources" (May 27, 2010) | |
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| Are Health Savings Accounts Working Effectively? | |
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| Yes: American Benefits Council, from "Statement Before the Subcommittee on Health of the House Committee on Ways and Means" (May 14, 2008) | |
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| No: "Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Health of the House Committee on Ways and Means" (May 14, 2008) | |
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| Should NBC and Comcast Be Allowed to Merge? | |
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| Yes: "Testimony Before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights" (February 4, 2010) | |
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| No: "Testimony Before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights" (February 4, 2010) | |
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| Macroeconomic Issues | |
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| Is Obamacare a Disaster for the Economy? | |
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| Yes: "Top 10 Disasters of Obamacare," Heritage Foundation WebMemo #2848 (March 30, 2010) | |
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| No: "Will Health Care Reform Hurt the Economy and Increase Unemployment?" Timely Analysis of Immediate Health Policy Issues (August 2010) | |
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| Will Health Reform's Pilot Programs Lead to the Control of Health Care Costs? | |
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| Yes: "The Health-Care Bill Has No Master Plan for Curbing Costs. Is That a Bad Thing?" The New Yorker (December 14, 2009) | |
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| No: "Would Reform Bills Control Costs? A Response to Atul Gawande," Health Affairs Blog at http:// healthaffairs.org/blog (December 22, 2009) | |
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| Did the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Create Jobs? | |
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| Yes: "Testimony Before the U.S. House of Representatives Budget Committee" (July 14, 2010) | |
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| No: "Testimony Before the U.S. House of Representatives Budget Committee" (July 14, 2010) | |
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| Do American Consumers Need a Financial Protection Agency? | |
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| Yes: "Testimony Before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services" (September 30, 2009) | |
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| No: "Testimony Before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services" (September 30, 2009) | |
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| Should Minimum Wage and Living Wage Laws Be Eliminated? | |
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| Yes: "Mythology of the Minimum Wage," Ludwig von Mises Institute, http://www.mises.org/story/2130 (May 3, 2006) | |
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| No: "Measuring the Full Impact of Minimum and Living Wage Laws," Dollars & Sense (May/June 2006) | |
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| Does Immigration Benefit the Economy? | |
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| Yes: "Immigration's Economic Impact," White Paper (June 20, 2007) | |
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| No: "Testimony Before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security and International Law" (September 30, 2010) | |
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| The World Around Us | |
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| Is a Fair Trade Policy Superior to a Free Trade Policy? | |
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| Yes: "Fair Trade," The National Interest (May/June 2008) | |
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| No: "Free Trade," The National Interest (May/June 2008) | |
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| Is Loan Mitigation the Answer to the Housing Foreclosure Problem? | |
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| Yes: "A Review of Mortgage Servicing Practices and Foreclosure Mitigation," Statement Before the House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services (July 25, 2008) | |
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| No: "A Review of Mortgage Servicing Practices and Foreclosure Mitigation," Testimony Before the House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services (July 25, 2008) | |
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| Are Biofuels Like Ethanol the Answer to U.S. Energy Problems? | |
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| Yes: "Should Congress Reassess the Renewable Fuel Standard in the Energy and Independence Security Act? (Pro)," Congressional Digest (June 2008) | |
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| No: "Should Congress Reassess the Renewable Fuel Standard in the Energy and Independence Security Act? (Con)," Congressional Digest (June 2008) | |
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| Can U.S. Deficit and Debt Problems Be Solved Without Increases in Taxes? | |
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| Yes: "Statement Before the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform" (June 30, 2010) | |
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| No: "Testimony Before the Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform" (June 30, 2010) | |
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| Is China's Currency Undervalued and Should the United States Take Action to Correct This Undervaluation? | |
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| Yes: "Testimony Before the U.S. Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Economic Policy" (April 22, 2010) | |
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| No: "Testimony Before the U.S. Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Economic Policy" (April 22, 2010) | |
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| Do the Testing and Accountability Elements of the No Child Left Behind Act Prevent a Proper Cost-Benefit Evaluation? | |
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| Yes: "Should Congress Make Fundamental Changes in the No Child Left Behind Act? (Pro)," Congressional Digest (May 2008) | |
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| No: "Should Congress Make Fundamental Changes in the No Child Left Behind Act? (Con)," Congressional Digest (May 2008) | |
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| Is the Inequality in U.S. Income Distribution Surging? | |
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| Yes: "Slicing Up at the Long Barbeque," Dollars & Sense (January/February 2007) | |
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| No: "Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections of the House Committee on Education and Labor" (July 31, 2008) | |
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| Contributors | |