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'Dairy cliff'? Milk prices poised to spike unless Congress acts.
Prices could surge in January, but probably not double, if inaction by Congress results in the revival of a 1949 price system. And it probably won't come to that, as lawmakers work to avert dairy-case price shock.
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Prospect of new wave of austerity looms over Britain
New data show Britain's tax receipts down and government borrowing up in July, prompting criticism that Cameron's Conservative government is doing 'too little, too slowly' to engineer an economic recovery.
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The Adam Smith Institute Blog Prison reform and the cost of drug prohibition
The decriminalization of drugs has the potential to save the British taxpayer money, and simultaneously improve the security and health of the general public.
07/01/2010 06:09 pm -
The Adam Smith Institute Blog In deficit reduction, focus on reforming the state
Britain's Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg says that the coalition government's approach to deficit reduction will differ from Margaret Thatcher's cuts, avoiding confrontations, social divisions, and regional disparities.
06/09/2010 11:36 am -
The Adam Smith Institute Blog A British capital gains tax would shrink revenue, not raise it
By making capital investment less attractive, a capital gains tax would lower British investment.
05/25/2010 02:47 pm -
The Adam Smith Institute Blog Post UK election, policies both parties may agree on
While the dueling parties still don't have a solution to the hung parliament result after the UK election, there are two policies they are likely to agree on. Will the triumphant party reach across lines to pass these measures?
05/11/2010 03:13 pm -
The Adam Smith Institute Blog In Britain, university tuition is too low
A new report argues that Britain's university tuition is to low for the institutions to remain world class.
03/03/2010 11:55 pm -
Will Europe step in to bail out Greece?
European Union leaders gathering for a crucial summit Thursday face tough choices: come to Greece’s rescue with the first ever bail out of a eurozone state or hold back and see if Greek spending cuts and reforms can avert a default.
02/10/2010 04:57 pm -
Chapter & Verse Why novels are best at explaining world problems
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