Tag Archives: AEI

Capitalism and Culture: The War on Wall Street

October 16, 2009 – 8:25 am

Today’s Coffee and Markets podcast covers the debate over capitalism in America, particularly focusing on AEI President Arthur Brooks’ thesis about the way voters perceive the crisis and what it means for capitalism’s future.

By Francis Cianfrocca | Posted in Features, Market, Podcasts | Also tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments

The Right’s Real Problem: Too Big to Fail

October 7, 2009 – 10:25 am

The real untold story of the past decade on the Right is one of profound misallocation of resources — particularly jarring considering we are discussing for the most part organizations and people who espouse again and again the virtues of competition and the wisdom of the marketplace. Taken as a whole, it represents a total market failure.

By Ben Domenech | Posted in Features, Politics | Also tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments

Irving Kristol, RIP

September 19, 2009 – 7:44 am

He played with them, adapted them, argued with them, accepted, then rejected them, and advocated fiercely and eloquently for the ideas that ultimately passed muster with him. Politics and political life is oft-attacked for being bereft of ideas, but with Irving Kristol around, intellect always got its moment–and then some–in political circles.

By Pejman Yousefzadeh | Posted in Features, Politics | Also tagged , , , , , , , | Comments

Will Local Production Help Africa Access Drugs?

September 1, 2009 – 12:20 am

By weakening patent law, generic companies have been able to compete with innovators, and with billions in aid dollars buying drugs economies of scale in production have further lowered drug prices, at least for high profile diseases, such as HIV and malaria.

By Roger Bate | Posted in Features, Politics | Also tagged , , , , , | Comments

Drugs, Importation, and the Internet: A New Study

August 19, 2009 – 12:01 am

There is a danger from the internet but it can be contained, and it is only very rarely found in drugs imported from Europe. What this means, as the drugs industry knows, is that it will eventually lose the safety debate, and probably the entire importation debate with it.

By Roger Bate | Posted in Features, Market | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments

The Dutch Drug Mess: Why Trademarks Matter

May 18, 2009 – 3:41 am

Activists are right to ensure that cheap generic drugs—those biologically equivalent to brand originals—pass through customs trade posts in Europe and elsewhere unhindered. But assessing product trademarks—of both brand and generic drugs—is essential. When that doesn’t happen, people in need suffer, and many die.

By Roger Bate | Posted in Features, News | Also tagged , , , , , , , | Comments

Report From London: G20 and Capitalism’s Enemies

March 30, 2009 – 1:40 pm

The British police estimate there were up to 35,000 protestors in London on Saturday, but it is quite possible that many more will descend on the city as the G20 world leaders arrive to press their myriad demands, many of which have nothing to do with the financial crisis.

By Roger Bate | Posted in Features, Politics | Also tagged , , , , , , | Comments

Hope & Fear in Zimbabwe

February 20, 2009 – 9:00 pm

There is new hope in Zimbabwe, or at least that is what everyone wants to believe. The opposition has joined a coalition government; formerly exiled opposition politicians are now in charge of education, finance, health, and other important portfolios. Yet U.S. and EU sanctions remain on key political figures, and the floodgates of aid have not yet opened. Cholera cases are over 80,000; by latest count, close to 4,000 people have died. Zimbabwe’s people hope for the best, but they expect the worst, and with good reason.

By Roger Bate | Posted in Conservation, Features, News | Also tagged , , , , | Comments
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