Argues that the defining American principles of rule of law, freedom of expression, free enterprise, national unity, and stewardship are a requisite for a free society - and that freedom is at the very heart of American identity.

Jeffrey G. Williamson examines the political economy of immigration backlash and immigration policy in two global centuries. The first, between 1820 and World War I, was a proglobal environment, characterized by booming trade, labor, and capital markets. It was followed by an antiglobal and autarchic retreat between 1914 and 1950.

In this text, Slesnick (U. of Texas, Austin) proposes that the government recalculate poverty using a consumption-based approach and switch from the consumer price index (CPI) for price-level adjustments to a price index calculated using prices reported in the National Income and Product Accounts. This method of measurement yields a poverty rate

This study presents the case for an active, interventionist American foreign policy. It argues against the widespread spirit of disengagement, with its preoccupation with domestic problems. Joshua Muravchik is the author of Exporting Democracy: Fulfilling America's Destiny .

This volume addresses what the author calls the three subtle but sensible principles of international trade policy. It demonstrates, for example, that a tax on imports commensurately creates a tax on exports.

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.

Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal home loan banks are key government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) in the housing market. A fellow at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, Washington, DC., a DC-based lawyer, and a monetary policy consultant argue for privatization to protect the public and economy against higher

Analyzes the effectiveness of the federal government's vacillating regulatory policy toward the cable television industry.

The contributors to this book warn that the longer Medicare reform is put off, the more costly it will be. They make various recommendations for saving the Medicare programme and present solutions for the future. The history and background analysis of issues is included.

This text should be useful to anyone seeking to make sense of economic news or - more important - to place it in a broader context. It consists of objective statements about the United States, each one explained in a page of text and a page of bold, four-colour charts.

This study explores how the tax design called the X tax could alleviate the complexities and avoidance opportunities plaguing the existing US system for taxing international business income.

This study argues that even though women's opportunities are now equal, women's and men's choices are not always the same. It contends that the flaw in contemporary feminist thinking is its insistence that anything less than statistical parity with men is proof of discrimination against women.

In its proposal to increase the minimum wage, the Clinton administration has claimed that employment would not be adversely affected. Other research supports the view that a higher minimum wage means fewer jobs. This study discusses the strengths and weaknesses of both arguments.

This work looks at the theological and philosophical arguments behind the law of patents and copyrights. New problems, such as patents for body parts in biogenetics are also discussed.

This text examines proposals that Congress create trust funds to support medical education and research. It analyzes the financing of medical schools, addresses how faculty plans fit within the operations of the centres and considers whether declines in revenues will squeeze funding in other areas.

Stein has collected his latest observations on the past and the present of the American economy and on his own life and times, discoursing on topics including the state of the economy, the budget and taxes, history, and politics and offers personal observations.

This study provides a framework for analysing the role of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) in the liberalization and regulation of the financial services sector.

The new terrorism is nothing other than old-fashioned, state-sponsored terrorism in a new disguise.

Combines an analysis of important legal decisions and of the Supreme Court's role in modern American politics with a practical interest in re-establishing constitutional federalism. The book will be of interest to lawyers, legal scholars and political scientists and also policymakers and advocates.