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Free Market Project -
Auditing the media's coverage of the free enterprise system
Volume 1
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Issue 15
• November 23, 2005
In this issue:Â GM Fights off Demise • Pilgrims and Ingrates •
Wal-Mart • Good, Bad & Ugly
Links:Â GM • Taxes • Property • Government • Environment • Health
Care • Events |
New from the Free Market Project
As GM Goes, So Go the Media
General Motors has had its share of trials - renegotiating worker benefits
and now closing plants. The media continue to blame the auto
manufacturer's worries on high gas prices and foreign automakers. The
glaring omission in the coverage is the United Auto Workers, the union
that has driven GM's costs to unsustainable heights.
Pilgrims and Ingrates
There's a lot to be thankful for this year.
Americans have pulled through two devastating hurricanes, and the economy
has rebounded and continued growing. People are working hard to
bring jobs to hurricane victims. But the media aren't grateful for charity
and opportunity. They're focusing on government handouts - which are
running out.
Movie Review: 'Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price'
It's the attack-umentary everyone's talking about. Sure, you've heard that
Wal-Mart is sticking it to workers and destroying communities. But what
you might not know is that Wal-Mart wants to let you die in its parking
lot … according to Robert Greenwald's new film.
The Good, the Bad & the Ugly
The Good, the Bad & the Ugly tracks the best and worst media coverage of
business and economics. Readers are invited to submit suggestions or news
tips to staff writer
Ken Shepherd.
This week:Â Chewing the fat about federal pork; Oil tax just
'a hill of beans'; ABC reporter driven to shame over SUV.
Also from FMP:
Liberals Learn to Laugh at Climate Change, Too
ABC's Bill Weir Feels Guilty about Driving SUV
$4B Tax a 'Hill of Beans' to CNN's Serwer
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Research, News & Commentary
General Motors
Commentary: Cato's Daniel T. Griswold gives a prescription for
what ails General Motors.
Taxes
Commentary: Kevin Hassett of the American Enterprise Institute
sees a fresh opportunity for tax reform in spite of President Bush's poll
numbers.
Research: The Tax Foundation's Chris Atkins and Scott Hodge report
on how America's 34-percent corporate tax rate is causing the U.S. to lose
business to foreign countries with lower tax rates.
Property Rights
Research: Bill Peacock of the Texas Public Policy Foundation looks at protecting Texans from the state’s abuse of eminent domain.
Government
News: The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports on Ohio state grants to
private companies to hire interns.
Environment
Commentary: Hans Labohm at Tech Central Station says it's time to
bury the Kyoto treaty for good.
Commentary: A Rocky Mountain News columnist calls for selling off
some federal land to private owners, citing poor environmental stewardship
by the federal government.
Health Care
Commentary: Heritage's Nina Owcharenko praises market-based
approaches to Medicare reform in South Carolina and Florida.
Upcoming Events
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Doing
Business in 2006: Creating Jobs
Cato Institute
Nov. 28, 12:00 p.m.
Social
Security Reform: Where Do We Go From Here?
The Westin Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN
Nov. 29, 8:30 a.m.
Healthy Competition: What's Holding Back Health Care and How to Free It
Cato Institute
Nov. 29, 4:00 p.m.
The Politically Incorrect Guide to Science
Heritage Foundation
Dec. 1, 12:00 p.m.
What Does the Public Know about Economic Policy?
American Enterprise Institute
Dec. 5, 9:00 a.m.
Is a
New Era in Monetary Policy upon Us?
Cato Institute
Dec. 5, 11:00 am
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