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This book is designed to help bring about the desired transition to liberal democracy in South Africa, particularly as the deliberations about a permanent constitution get under way.

The author has been a member of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, the US Attorney General's Task Force on Violent Crime, the Commission on Presidential Scholars, and the White House Commission on Crime. This study presents his analysis of character.

This volume considers whether the first major overhaul of U.S. communications policy in more than sixty years is accomplishing its purposes.

A college education has been the key to higher real wages and living standards. But as college enrollment has increased, so has the difficulty in paying for higher education.

This book examines capitalism and socialism and how religion and theology are incorporated into their definitions.

This monograph examines the political economy of immigration backlash and immigration policy in two global centuries.

This book examines statistics on illegitimacy, criminality, and the dropout rate from the labor force for four checkpoints from 1954 to 1997.

The current approach toward U.S. securities regulation by the Securities and Exchange Commission should be revamped by implementing a regime of competitive federalism.

Few realize how bad the federal government's finances are, because most evaluations are based on what happened in the pastnot what is likely to happen in the future.

Two prominent economists comment on the bitter, divisive, and passionate debate on the proper direction of environmental policy.

The authors chronicle changes in U.S. attitudes about health care and consider policy trade-offs and problems of a tax credit/voucher system to finance health insurance.

This book reviews the long history of the corporation and examines the central role of business and economic growth in the strengthening of civil society and democracy.

This book examines the events, policies, and personalities that have shaped our economy for a half century.

Revolutionary changes, including the shrinking of traditional banking and the expansion of trading in foreign securities, have recently rocked financial markets.

rost history tells the story of the past through anecdotes, which do not always present an accurate picture. This work uses social data to narrate what happened to everyday Americans in the 20th century. "Imaginary Trends" such as "do parents spend less time with their children?" are examined.

This primer highlights both the strengths and the limitations of benefit-cost analysis in the development, design, and implementation of regulatory reform.

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A who's who of scholars and friends, along with Irving Kristol's ideas, ideals, and contributions to American life as the nation's leading neoconservative.

This book finds that political and procedural mechanisms needed to ensure settled, investment-backed expectations are upset only after consideration and when a political consensus exists.

The authors review the economic rationales of the Commerce Department's Advanced Technology Program and the criteria for project selection.

This book considers the driving elements behind the benefits and costs of climate protection via Kyoto or similar international agreements that follow.

Examines the troubled state of the US savings and loans industry, this work argues that federal deposit insurance is largely to blame for this situation, by permitting institutions to operate with inadequate capital. The author recommends a restructuring to protect both depositors and taxpayers.

This book provides numerous essays that explore ways to refine the use of tax-burden tables in making tax policy.

Relating the construction of the constitutions of France, Germany, the United States, Yugoslavia, Spain, Egypt, Venezuela and Nigeria, this volume provides analyses of how to put into practice the principles of consitutionalism - political liberty, security of rights and self-government.

This volume examines state regulations for hazard warningsfor foods, drugs, and medical devicesand demonstrates why a federal warnings approach would be preferable.

The author examines the structure of the corporate charter market, the impact of takeover regulation and federal securities law, and the spreading of criminalization of corporate duties.

For more than a quarter of a century, abortion has been a subject of intense controversy. The activists in the pro-life and pro-choice camps both claim to have public opinion on their side. In this monograph, the authors seek to illuminate the complexity of people's views about abortion.