Heritage Foundation Leadership for America

April 18, 2006
China's Economic Invasion: One Year Later
By Tim Kane, Ph.D., Marc Miles, Ph.D., and Anthony Kim
(WebMemo #1044)
The U.S trade deficit is neither unsustainable nor likely to cause a decline in the value of the dollar.

May 12, 2005
Trade Deficits, Dollars, and China: Wrong Lessons Make Dangerous Policy
By Tim Kane, Ph.D., and Marc Miles, Ph.D.
(WebMemo #743)
Could it be that trade deficits are not a drag on growth?

February 26, 2004
U.S. Foreign Assistance After September 11: Major Changes, Competing Purposes, and Different Standards—But Is There an Overall Strategy?
By Marc A. Miles, Ph.D.
(Testimony )
Since the attacks on September 11, 2001, there have been drastic changes in the Bush Administration's foreign aid policies and a shift in the appropriation ...

October 3, 2003
Undervaluing the Damage of a Tariff
By Marc A. Miles, Ph.D. and Ana I. Eiras
(Executive Memorandum #902)
The Bush Administration should oppose calls for higher tariffs on Chinese products and instead negotiate a rapid reduction of Chinese trade tariffs. If China tries ...

September 19, 2003
Bolster Freedom, Not Dependence, in Iraq
By James Phillips and Marc A. Miles, Ph.D.
(Executive Memorandum #900)
While the people of Iraq have been liberated from Saddam Hussein's political repression, they continue to be hamstrung by the economic repression he imposed. The ...

April 30, 2003
Forgive the Iraqi Debt
By Dr. Nile Gardiner, and Marc Miles, Ph.D.
(Executive Memorandum #871)
Forgiving these debts would constitute both an historic contribution to the economic development of post-Saddam Iraq and a major gesture of support for the Iraqi ...

March 17, 2006
Keep pushing India toward economic freedom
By Marc A. Miles

President Bush got a glimpse of both Indias on his recent visit -- the modern, well-educated society that now boasts a growing and substantial middle ...

January 9, 2006
The path to Irish freedom
By Marc Miles

Viewed from Washington, it's hard to believe the Ireland depicted in the film The Commitments even existed 15 years ago. When the 20-somethings depicted in ...

April 8, 2005
The Index: Setting the Record Straight
By Marc Miles

Every year for the last decade, the Index of Economic Freedom, which we at The Heritage Foundation publish with The Wall Street Journal, has shown ...

December 7, 2004
Baseball Boondoggle?
By Marc Miles

The price of two tickets...$38. The price of hot dogs and soda...$12. The price of bringing major league baseball back to D.C....exorbitant!

September 22, 2003
Put the IMF Out of Its Misery
By Marc Miles

Pity the poor International Monetary Fund. For the first quarter century of its existence, the IMF had a clear, important mandate. Today it has none. ...