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Puerto Rico’s Debt Crisis and the Siren Song of After-the-fact Bankruptcy
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American Enterprise Institute

Puerto Rico’s Debt Crisis and the Siren Song of After-the-fact Bankruptcy

Sometimes debt burdens become deeply burdensome. And if you’re the debtor, wouldn’t it be nice to find a way to avoid hard decisions by reneging on past agreements on repayment,…

The EPA’s ‘Clean Power’ Mess
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The Wall Street Journal

The EPA’s ‘Clean Power’ Mess

‘Flexibility” is the advertised hallmark of the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed Clean Power Plan, which by 2030 would reduce carbon-dioxide emissions from U.S. power plants by 30% from 2005 levels.…

Earth Day and the Celebration of Suffering
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American Enterprise Institute

Earth Day and the Celebration of Suffering

In honor of this 45th anniversary of the first Earth Day, let us recall the wisdom of Dogbert, that noted political philosopher and sage observer of the human condition: “You can’t save…

The EPA on Keystone XL: Ideology Trumps Analysis
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American Enterprise Institute

The EPA on Keystone XL: Ideology Trumps Analysis

The State Department Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (FSEIS) on the Keystone XL pipeline, published a year ago, concluded, reasonably, that the pipeline would have virtually no impact on global greenhouse gas (GHG)…