Topic: Milton Friedman

It was the perfect storm, the meteorologist said, a cold front in New England, high pressure in Canada, deep low-pressure off the coast of Nova Scotia, and, out in the Atlantic, the remnants of a hurricane. U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill and White H

The patient is ailing, even after plenty of medicine. What should we do? The committee of doctors met Tuesday and Wednesday in Washington, D.C. and decided that the only thing for it was more medicine, another big dose, which would surely be enough. Was

The Cato Institute's 20th annual monetary conference, in New York Thursday, looked in detail at the two proposals outstanding for country bankruptcy. Former Citicorp Chairman Walter Wriston's famous remark, after the 1982 Mexico crisis that "countries don

The UPI think tank wrap-up is a daily digest covering brief opinion pieces, reactions to recent news events and position statements released by various think tanks.

Despite the continuing drumbeat of short-term bad news about the U.S. economy, its prospects are actually better than ever because economic freedom continues to flourish around the world, according to an influential Washington think tank.

Heat waves kill more people in the United States than all of the other natural disasters combined, but while more than 400 Americans die from heat-related illnesses in a typical year, it almost ignored by the media, according to Slate.com.

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The UPI think tank wrap-up is a daily digest covering brief opinion pieces, reactions to recent news events and position statements released by various think tanks.

Today is Wednesday, July 31, the 212th day of 2002 with 153 to follow.

The UPI think tank wrap-up is a daily digest covering brief opinion pieces, reactions to recent news events and position statements released by various think tanks.