Press Briefing

Jun 28, 2010

EPA Bans Human "Guinea Pig" Studies
http://www.acsh.org/factsfears/newsID.1574/news_detail.asp

Krugman: The Third Depression
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/28/opinion/28krugman.html

Canada: Land of the Free - At the G-20 summit in Toronto this weekend it will lead the charge against new bank taxes and for spending restraint. Who says our neighbor is boring?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704911704575327140759374532.html

The German Experiment - The government sets a premium price on solar and other alternative power sources. The policy offers lessons in ways to encourage the use of renewable energy.
http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/25577/

Generation Gap - The Kerry-Lieberman energy bill would enervate America
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704629804575325263787161900.html

Why Friedrich Hayek Is Making a Comeback - With the failure of Keynesian stimulus, the late Austrian economist's ideas on state power and crony capitalism are getting a new hearing
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704911704575326500718166146.html

WaPo on Kagan: A Supreme conversation
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/27/AR2010062703251.html

Kagan's Commerce Clause - Can Congress compel Americans to do anything?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703302604575294664227510730.html

The White House Blog - A Cause for Hope
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/06/25/a-cause-hope

On S Korea Trade Agreement: Smart trade
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/27/AR2010062703255.html

Korean Trade Epiphany - Federal President discovers the benefits of an agreement he has disdained for three years
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704212804575333310935427760.html

Forbes on Hillary Clinton As Accidental Supply-Sider - She's right about Brazil's growth. She's wrong about its tax rates
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703615104575329252152750186.html

Petraeus and Obama's Uncertain Trumpet - There is a mismatch between the general's Afghan mission and the president's summons to his countrymen
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703615104575328691752054592.html

The White House Blog: Keeping Up with the G8 and G20
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/06/26/keeping-with-g8-and-g20

Triumph of the Regulators - The Dodd-Frank financial reform bill doubles down on the same system that failed
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703615104575328993006115992.html

Weekly Address: Finishing the Job on Wall Street Reform
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/06/26/weekly-address-finishing-job-wall-street-reform

The Kevin Rudd Lesson - Australia's prime minister fell because he threatened the nation's economic prosperity
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704911704575326023964421524.html

In 2009, U.S. Led the Rest of the World in Increases of Oil and Natural Gas Production; China Recorded the Greatest Increase in Energy Consumption and Emissions
http://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/2010/06/25/in-2009-u-s-led-the-rest-of-the-world-in-increases-of-oil-and-natural-gas-production-china-recorded-the-greatest-increase-in-energy-consumption-and-emissions/