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Reason June 2004 Julian Sanchez	Data: Trade Barriers A recent survey conducted by the Center on Policy Attitudes (COPA) reveals that, in the words of COPA Director Steven Kull, "feelings about international trade have gone from lukewarm to luker."
Reason June 2004 Julian Sanchez	Soundbite: Probing Privacy An interview with the author of The Naked Crowd on the uncharted terrain that is privacy policy in America's digital age.
BusinessWeek June 7, 2004 Port & Tashiro	Supercomputing The race is on. Superfast computers are essential to high-level scientific research. Can the U.S. recapture the lead from Japan?
BusinessWeek June 7, 2004 Alexandra Starr	America's Right Turn In "The Right Nation: Conservative Power in America," authors Micklethwait and Wooldridge document how the U.S. evolved from the liberalism of the 1960s to the hard conservatism that marks the federal government today.
Managed Care May 2004 Martin Sipkoff	Will Pay for Performance Programs Introduce a New Set of Problems? Paying incentives to physicians to practice evidence-based medicine appears to be an idea whose time has come. Such programs -- even if successful -- may create a new set of problems.
Managed Care May 2004	Fed Takeover of Insurance Regs of Minor Concern to Health Plans A recent congressional proposal to create a council that would oversee insurance nationally would affect health insurers, but mostly in the areas of long-term care and disability, according to one expert.
Managed Care May 2004	Treasury Dept. Issues Rules Governing HSAs New Federal guidelines say that health savings accounts may be used to cover some preventive services and prescription drugs.
Managed Care May 2004 John Carroll	Bush vs. Kerry: Upcoming Election Offers Real Debate on Health Care Despite the focus on the international situation, Americans are still keenly interested in just how they'll get the medical care they need.
Managed Care May 2004	Health Care Security Trumps Federal Tax Cuts Survey results demonstrate just how important a topic universal health care and coverage is to the majority of Americans.
BusinessWeek June 7, 2004 Laura D'Andrea Tyson	Why The Trade Deficit May Not Loom So Large Sales by foreign units of U.S. companies brighten the outlook.
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