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BusinessWeek December 15, 2003 Howard Gleckman	Medicare's $86 Billion Band-Aid The subsidy won't stop many companies from scaling back retiree drug benefits.
BusinessWeek December 15, 2003 Robert J. Barro	The GOP Doth Protect Too Much, Methinks Tariffs and giveaways help only the special interests -- as outlays soar.
Knowledge@Wharton	Does China Pose an Economic Threat to the United States? It would appear so, given the rhetoric in recent months by American politicians and some businesspeople, who have complained about the loss of U.S. jobs to China and unfair Chinese trade practices. But faculty members at business schools say the complaints are misplaced and driven by politics.
Reason December 2003 Jacob Sullum	Carry On The number of states that allow law-abiding citizens to carry concealed firearms hit 36 in September, up from 10 in 1986. The three-dozen mark was reached after Missouri's legislature voted to override Gov. Bob Holden's veto of a right-to-carry bill.
Reason December 2003 Julian Sanchez	Economic Education: Skyrocketing college costs It doesn't take a Ph.D. to see that college tuition costs are skyrocketing. The economic forces driving tuition are at once simple to understand and difficult to do anything about.
Reason December 2003 Jacob Sullum	Moving Violation: Redmond's ad restrictions The state of Washington's constitution guarantees that "every person may freely speak, write and publish on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right." But according to the city of Redmond, some subjects are so objectionable that speaking about them in public is beyond the pale. Bagels, for instance.
Reason December 2003 Julian Sanchez	Libertarians for Dean Registered Libertarian Brady Joslin laughs when asked if he ever expected to vote for a Democrat, then exclaims, "Hell, no!" So how did he come to launch a Web site with the double-take-inducing name "Libertarians for Dean"?
Reason December 2003 Julian Sanchez	Soundbite: Agency Provocateur Cindy Skrzycki is a modern day Virgil who since 1993 has guided readers through the dark underworld of Washington's regulatory process in her weekly Washington Post column "The Regulators." Her new book is The Regulators: Anonymous Power Brokers in American Politics.
CFO December 1, 2003 John Goff	Whose Life Is It, Anyway? Companies, Congress, and customers slug it out over some very personal information.
Fast Company December 2003 Loch Adamson	Roxanne Quimby for Governor! Why has the cofounder and CEO of Burt's Bees just sold a controlling stake in her hugely successful company? She's got something more important to do.
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