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  • August 10, 2009
    Blog
    Stephen Brooks’ Response to Me, and Mine to Him
    … systemic activism can contribute to imperial overstretch. Second, our main point about the financial crisis does not concern the US policy response. Rather, the essential point is that the crisis does not change the fact that America’s lead over …
    By Justin Logan
  • August 10, 2009
    Blog
    Up, Up and Away
    … budget includes the projection in this chart: Chris Edwards Nobody knows who will buy all this debt and what economic damage it will do. But federal policymakers seem hellbent on finding out as they continue their decade‐​long spending spree.
    By Chris Edwards
  • August 10, 2009
    Providence Journal
    Busting the Bay State: Hiding the Cost of Health Reform
    … about $6,700 per person, or $27,000 for a family of four. The average nationwide cost of an individual policy ($2,600 in 2007) and an employer‐​sponsored family policy ($12,700 in 2008) are fractions of those figures …
    By Michael F. Cannon
  • August 9, 2009
    Korea Times
    Who’s In Charge?
    … a deal even more difficult. The military is central to Kim’s rule. He has long pushed a “military first” policy. In his prime Kim may have had sufficient authority to sacrifice the military’s most powerful weapon as part …
    By Doug Bandow
  • August 7, 2009
    Blog
    Thank Uncle Sam for Looming Sugar Shortage
    … does not have to happen. The only reason markets are forecast to be so tight is the restrictive U.S. policy on sugar imports. Imports are subject to restrictive quotas. But you have the authority to increase the sugar import …
    By Daniel Griswold
  • August 7, 2009
    Blog
    Another Shot Fired in the Carbon Tariff Debate
    … limiting agreements. [Spoiler alert: you’ll be shocked to know that I conclude that using trade measures in climate change policy is possibly illegal under world trade rules, definitely costly to the U.S. economy, and more than likely counterproductive …
    By Sallie James
  • August 7, 2009
    Blog
    Pakistani Taliban Commander Dead
    … correspondent Jonathan Landay, called drone operations “a recruiting windfall for the Pakistani Taliban.” Number three, Pakistan might continue the same policy as before, differentiating between the “good Taliban” (those who attack U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan) and “bad …
    By Malou Innocent
  • August 7, 2009
    CQ Researcher
    Vol. 19 No. 28
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    Should the President Announce an Afghanistan Exit Strategy?
    … is more likely to weaken the United States militarily and economically than would withdrawal.no ILAN BERMAN VICE PRESIDENT FOR POLICY, AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY COUNCIL WRITTEN FOR CQ RESEARCHER, JULY 2009 i t has been called the “graveyard of empires …
    By Malou Innocent
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