NCPA: Daily Policy Digest 12-04-2009

National Center for Policy Analysis Daily Policy Digest Friday, December 4, 2009 There are more than 500,000 subscribers that receive the Daily Policy Digest. Help us hit 1 million by Forwarding to a Friend. Yes, I want to support Daily Policy Digest and contribute today! Economic Issues THE JOBS SUMMIT: WHO CARES? A presidential confab to create jobs won't work; rethinking some of Obama's policies might, says columnist Robert J. Samuelson... NEWSWEEK Global Warming GLOBAL WARMING CHICKENS ARE COMING HOME TO ROOST Britain's University of East Anglia has forced Dr. Phil Jones, director of its prestigious Climatic Research Unit (CRU), to step down, pending an investigation into allegations that he overstated the case for man-made climate change... WASHINGTON EXAMINER Economic Issues THE COST OF GOVERNMENT GUARANTEES Government guarantees to banks are detrimental because they involve hidden but large costs, says John Kay, an analyst with the Financial Times... CATO INSTITUTE Energy Issues LET THE SUN SET ON SOLAR FANTASY Rather than chasing the renewable energy rainbow as the answer to Massachusetts' employment woes, policymakers should try to get a grip on high electricity costs, says Max Schultz, a Senior Fellow with the Manhattan Institute... BOSTON HERALD Economic Issues IT'S A MALL WORLD AFTER ALL The rapid growth of mall culture in Asia and elsewhere reflects the rising incomes and expectations taking place across the globe, says Joel Kotkin, Presidential Fellow and director of the Urban Futures Program at Chapman University... NEWGEOGRAPHY.COM National Security THE CYBER-THREAT GROWS With regards to cyber security, we've got a lot of catching up to do before we're secure, says John P. Avlon, a Senior Fellow with the Manhattan Institute... CITY JOURNAL About the DPD NCPA's Daily Policy Digest brings you the most wide-ranging public policy findings five times a week at no charge. DPD knows your time is valuable, so we find and summarize the most topical public policy issues from today's newspapers, magazines, websites, government reports, scholarly journals and think tanks. Visit the DPD Archives Visit the NCPA website The John Goodman Health Blog A new Consumer-Directed Health Care Blog. Forward this to a Friend Subscribe to the Daily Policy Digest. Unsubscribe: If you received this email in error, you can unsubscribe here. Connect with the NCPA on: Please do not reply to this email address as it is not monitored. For a list of NCPA departments and corresponding email addresses, please visit www.ncpa.org/contact. We depend on the financial support of individuals. We need your help to continue our work. Join the NCPA today! Dallas Headquarters 12770 Coit Rd., Suite 800 Dallas, TX 75251-1339 Phone: (972) 386-6272 Fax: (972) 386-0924 Copyright 2003-2009 National Center for Policy Analysis - All rights reserved