Opinions

Global Trends Issue: Grand Conspiracy

As an MPA student, here’s an article on World Bank controversy. Grand Conspiracy defined as massive corruption and irregularities in the bidding process for World Bank-funded road projects.

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Obama’s Economic Stimulus Plan: Fresh Ideas Needed

President-elect Obama’s stimulus plan is deeply flawed. The plan proposes massive infrastructure spending and subsidizing wind and solar energy construction projects. These targeted spending directives are economically inefficient and will likely cost rather than create new jobs. There is a much better way to stimulate economic activity: across the board lowering of tax rates.

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California Wildfires: Why Fight Them?

An opinion that California subsidizes people to live in fire-prone areas, and a prediction that the costs of fighting the fires will continue to escalate in years to come.

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