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The Rise of Worker Capitalism
Source: The Cato Institute
Author: Richard Nadler
Country: United States

43 percent of U.S. households now own stocks or stock mutual funds. This study investigates the consequences of the "most significant demographic shift of this century." The report can be viewed in PDF format. (11/1/99)

The 'greatest prosperity ever': should the Clinton-Gore 'new economic plan' get the credit?
Source: Institute for Policy Innovation
Author: Lawrence A. Hunter
Country: United States

This study examines the claim that the Clinton-Gore "new economic plan" is responsible for the current American prosperity. It is available in Adobe PDF. (10/31/00)

Economic security: A national security folly?
Source: The Cato Institute
Author: Donald Losman
Country: United States

"[T]he addition of economic goals to national security objectives complicates the making and implementation of national security strategy and diverts a significant portion of military resources away from more appropriate, core national security ends." This report is available in Adobe PDF. (08/01/01)

The ten causes of the Reagan boom: 1982-1997
Source: Hoover Institution
Author: Martin Anderson
Country: United States
E-mail: hoover@free-market.net

"In the United States the fifteen-year economic expansion that began in 1982, now called 'the long boom' by economists, is the greatest economic boom in history -- and it is still going." Anderson chalks up the success to various factors, including deregulation, stable monetary policy, control of government spending, the computer revolution, and more. (10/97)

The marvel that is capitalism
Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
Author: Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.
Country: United States

"Free-market economics, of which the Austrian School is the preeminent exponent, asserts that every government intervention in the market generates consequences that are deleterious for prosperity and human liberty. However much such interventions may assist one group in the short run, everyone is made worse off in the long run." (04/10/02)

The effect of professional sports on earnings and employment in U.S. cities
Source: University of Maryland
Author: Dennis Coates and Brad R. Humphreys
Country: United States

Public spending on sports franchises is often justified in the name of the multiplier effect, in terms of boosting local economies. But a new study finds no such positive impact. (Adobe Acrobat) (6/27/01)

Private property, freedom, and the rule of law
Source: Hoover Digest
Author: Richard Pipes
Country: United States
E-mail: hoover@free-market.net

"Juxtapose the history of England with that of Russia. What emerges? The importance of private property." (Spring, 2001)

How government can get us saving again
Source: Adam Smith Institute
Author: Alan Pickering
Country: United Kingdom

Distinguished actuary and government adviser on pensions Alan Pickering believes he has found a way to overcome the savings crisis that could just have everyone agreeing. Better education, simplification, a wider role for employers - but the key measure is to massively increase the basic state pension, while raising the retirement age too. (PDF file) (03/04)

The April - May 2002 Economic Survey
Source: Mercatus Center
Author: David Fand
Country: United States

Fand reviews the economic outlook in the United States as of late April, early May 2002, and looks in greater detail at issues raised in "The Economic Report of the President," an important document created by President Bush's Council of Economic Advisers in February. The report is available in Adobe PDF. (05/02/02)

Empire of the sun: An economic interpretation of Enron's energy business
Source: Cato Institute
Author: Christopher L. Culp and Steve H. Hanke
Country: United States

"The collapse of Enron Corporation has been portrayed as the result of accounting fraud and greed. Not everything that Enron did, however, was wrong or fraudulent." (PDF file) (2/20/03)

The Current Economic Outlook
Source: Mercatus Center
Author: David Fand
Country: United States

In this report Fand examines the current economic environment and sees some causes for concern. The report is available in Adobe PDF. (03/02)

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