Backgrounder posted April 25, 1991 by Edward L.
America's Space Policy: Countdown to Major Reforms
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826 April 25,1991 I A1MERICA'S SPACE POHCX COu"ToMAJORREFoRMs INTRODUCTION The special Presidential Advisory Committee on the future of the U.S. Space Program, chaired by Norman Augustine, Chief Executive Officer of Martin Marietta Corporation, last December issued its Report that correctly identifies…
Backgrounder posted March 27, 1991 by Edward L.
A Twelve-Step Program to Cure Spend-aholism
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819 March 27,1991 A TWELVESIEP PROGR AM TO CURE SPEND-AHOLISM
INTRODUCTION Many members of Congress and officials of the Bush
Administration have a serious problem that they refuse to
recognize: They are addicted to spend ing other people's money.They
are spend-aholics In recent years they h a ve driven…
Executive Memorandum posted October 8, 1990 by Edward L.
The Budget Summit Agreement, Part IX: What Next?
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THE BUDGET SUMMIT AGREEMENT: PART IX M11AT NEXT?
Several hours ago the House of Representatives rejected the budget
summit agreement - and with good reason. Yet the debate revealed a
fundamental misunderstanding about the package. The proposed budget
woul d not have cut the deficit by cutting…
Backgrounder posted May 24, 1990 by Edward L.
Private Property: The Basis of Economic Reform in Less DevelopedCountries
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770 May 24,1990 PRIVAm PROPEXTI THE BASIS OF EXONOMIC REFoRlM IN
LESS DEvEu3pED CoUNTRlEs INTRODUCTION The problems of economic
growth in less developed countries are taking center stage among
policy makers in the United States and in its industrial ked a l
lies As Eastern European countries and…
Backgrounder posted May 18, 1989 by Edward L.
The Woods Report: Foreign Aid and Economic Growth
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708 May 18,1984 I I THE WWDS REFORE FOREIG NAIDANDECONOMICGROWTH
INTRODUCTION I The Administrator of the Agency for International
Development, Alan Woods, released a study earlier this year that
has profound implications for United States economic assistance
policies It examines less developed cou ntries in terms of U.S.
humanitarian,…
Executive Memorandum posted May 10, 1989 by Edward L.
Why Mosbacher's Plan Would Hurt U.S. Competitiveness
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WHY MOSBACHERIS PLAN WOULD HURT U.S. COMPETITIVENESS
In a speech earlier this week, U.S. Comm erce Secretary Robert A.
Mosbacher called for "industry-led, business-government
partnerships" ostensibly as a means to improve America's global
economic competitiveness. Advocates of such policies usually favor
government target- ing of certain industrie s…
Backgrounder posted March 6, 1989 by Edward L.
U.S. -Mexico Economic Ties
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694 March 6,1989 U.Sm=1MExI%AN ECONOMIC TIES INTRODUCTION Mexico9s
economic health is of great concern to the United States. Not only
is Mexico the third largest U.S. trading partner (after Canada and
Japan), but economic hardship in Mexico could trigger political and
social unrest that would have immediate repercussions north…
Executive Memorandum posted March 1, 1989 by Edward L.
The Woods Report: Why the U.S. Needs New Foreign Aid Goals
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THE WOODS REPORT: WHY THE U.S. NEEDS NEW FOREIGN AID GOALS The United States has spent billions of dollars to help the less devel'oped.countries..of the- world. Much of this…
Executive Memorandum posted February 14, 1989 by Edward L.
V How the U.S. Should Respond to Jamaica's New Government
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HOW THE U.S. SHOULD RESPOND TO JAMAICA'S NEW GOVERNMENT In national
elections last week, Jamaicans swept Prime Minister Edward
Seaga,.frompower and replaced him with Michael Manley of the
National People's Party. Manley previously had served as the
country's leader fr o m 1972 until his defeat by…
Executive Memorandum posted September 7, 1988 by Edward L.
There They Go Again: A Booming Textile Industry Seeks to StingAmerican Consumers
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THERE THEY GO AGAIN: A BOOMING TEXTILE INDUSTRY SEEKS TO STING
AMERICAN CONSUMERS.-
While trade protec tionism is never economically justified, it is
understandable why U.S. in- dustries suffering business
difficulties would want to restrict competition from imports. It is
not understandable when a healthy industry seeks such…