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Showing cyclists the money
Today, Cato Institute senior fellow Randal O'Toole and local blogger Will Campbell discuss public funding for bicycle infrastructure. Yesterday, they determined who bears more responsibility for the frequent road rage between cyclists and motorists. Later...Tags: Road Transportation, Vehicles, State Budgets, Transportation, Times Square
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It's not the yen, it's the mileage
DANIEL GRISWOLD is director of the Center for Trade Policy Studies at the Cato Institute and coauthor of the recent Cato paper, "Blowing Exhaust: Detroit's Woes Belie a Healthy U.S. Auto Market."FORD MOTOR CO.'s announcement last week that it lost a record $12.75 billion in 2006 will tempt the new Democratic Congress to come to the rescue of Detroit's Big Three automakers. General Motors and DaimlerChrysler are also expected to announce SUV-sized...Tags: Marketing, Career and Workplace, Foreign Exchange Market, Exports, George W. Bush
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Abandon thy car?
Today, Cato Institute senior fellow Randal O'Toole and local blogger Will Campbell weigh cycling as an alternative form of commuting. Previously, they debated motorist-cyclist confrontations, spending public money on bikes lanes and paths, and other...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Road Transportation, Transportation, Tom LaBonge, Cycling
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What to do with Fannie and Freddie?
What's the right role and structure for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? How about the Federal Housing Administration? Previously, Abromowitz and Mitchell discussed John McCain’s proposal for the government to buy bad mortgages, the biggest players in...Tags: Freddie Mac, Financial and Business Services, Companies and Corporations, Mortgages, Barney Frank
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Goodbye to the open road?
Today's question: What's the future of the personal automobile? Previously, White and Taylor discussed calls to build more nuclear power plants, T. Boone Pickens' alternative-energy plan and offshore drilling. More electric, less driving Point: V. John...Tags: Education, Carrots, Cheese Corn, University of California, Energy Saving
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Bail out car buyers?
Today's topic: What's the point in retooling Detroit when so few consumers are buying cars? Wouldn't it be better to subsidize new car purchases than to send money directly to the Big Three? Previously, Ikenson and Burtless discussed high labor costs...Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Consumers, Disasters and Accidents, Companies and Corporations, Employees
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Powering the future
Today's question: What will America's energy economy look like in a generation? What should it look like? Previously, Taylor and White discussed the future of the personal automobile, calls to build more nuclear power plants, T. Boone Pickens'...Tags: Energy, Heads of State, Nuclear Power, Natural Resources, Alternative Energy
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Is T. Boone Pickens right?
Today's question: Oil giant T. Boone Pickens wants to turn much of the Great Plains into a wind-power farm. How practical is his plan? Should we do it? Previously, White and Taylor discussed offshore drilling. Half right is a good place to start Point:...Tags: Energy, Transportation, Alternative Energy, Commuting, Energy Saving
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To drill or not to drill?
Today's question: Why did the American political class come to a consensus so quickly on the need for offshore drilling? All week, Cato Institute senior fellow Jerry Taylor and Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies Executive Director V....Tags: Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy, The Washington Post, National Government
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McCain's bailout: moral hazard or economic salvation?
Today's topic: John McCain recently proposed that the U.S. Treasury buy up bad mortgages. How would that affect the mortgage and financial crises? Would McCain produce better results than the new Federal Housing Administration program and voluntary...Tags: Freddie Mac, Financial and Business Services, Mortgages, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Heads of State
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Who are the villains of the mortgage mess?
Today's question: Who've been the real heroes and villains in Congress when it comes to housing policy? Previously, Abromowitz and Mitchell discussed whether Washington should give tax breaks to homeowners.
De-regulators brought us the meltdown Point:...Tags: Freddie Mac, Financial and Business Services, Heads of State, Money and Monetary Policy, Blackmail and Extortion
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Should taxpayers fund the American Dream?
Today's question: Should the government get out of the American dream business? Do we really need tax preferences and subsidies for home mortgages? All week, Daniel J. Mitchell and David M. Abromowitz debate federal housing policy in light of the...Tags: Freddie Mac, Financial and Business Services, Public Finance, Money and Monetary Policy, Family
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