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October 27, 2009
October 27, 2009 Letter to Chairman Henry Waxman from William Beach


October 20, 2009
Fire Grants: Reauthorization of an Ineffective Program
By David B. Muhlhausen, Ph.D.
WebMemo #2657


October 16, 2009
Response to Chairman Waxman's Questions about The CDA Modeling of H.R. 2454


October 16, 2009
Letter to Dr. Ted Gayer


October 16, 2009
Letter to Dr. Scott J. Bloomberg


October 16, 2009
Letter to Dr. Robert Pollin


October 16, 2009
Letter to Dr. Gerald Epstein


October 16, 2009
Letter to Dr. Douglas Elemndorf


October 16, 2009
Letter to Administrator Newell


October 16, 2009
Letter to Administrator Jackson


October 16, 2009
Letter to Dr. Margo Thorning


October 16, 2009
Letter to Dr. John Reilly


October 16, 2009
Letter to Dr. David Montgomery


October 16, 2009
Letter to Dr. Dan Lashof


September 23, 2009
Do DHS Fire Grants Reduce Fire Casualties?
By David B. Muhlhausen, Ph.D.
Center for Data Analysis Report #09-05


September 17, 2009
The Economic Role of Government: Focus on Stability, Not Spending
By Karen A. Campbell, Ph.D.
Backgrounder #2316


August 19, 2009
Impact of the Waxman–Markey Climate Change Legislation on the States
By David Kreutzer, Ph.D., Karen Campbell, Ph.D., William W. Beach, Ben Lieberman, and Nicolas D. Loris
WebMemo #2585


August 06, 2009
The Economic Consequences of Waxman-Markey: An Analysis of the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009
By David W. Kreutzer, Ph.D., Karen A. Campbell, Ph.D., William W. Beach, Ben Lieberman, and Nicolas D. Loris
Center for Data Analysis Report #09-04


August 06, 2009
Heritage Analysis of Waxman-Markey Hits Where Others Miss
By David W. Kreutzer, Ph.D.
WebMemo #2580


August 05, 2009
The Youth PROMISE Act: Outside the Scope and Expertise of the Federal Government
By David B. Muhlhausen, Ph.D.


July 27, 2009
The PERI Report on Clean Energy: The Wrong Question and a Misleading Result
By Karen A. Campbell, Ph.D.
Backgrounder #2303


June 25, 2009
Waxman-Markey Global Warming Bill: Economic Impact by Congressional District
By Karen A. Campbell, Ph.D., and David W. Kreutzer, Ph.D.
WebMemo #2504


June 24, 2009
CBO Grossly Underestimates Cost of Cap and Trade
By David Kreutzer, Ph.D., Karen Campbell, Ph.D., and Nicolas D. Loris
WebMemo #2503


June 23, 2009
Do DHS Fire Grants Reduce Fire Casualties?
By David B. Muhlhausen, Ph.D.
WebMemo #2499


May 18, 2009
Son of Waxman-Markey: More Politics Makes for a More Costly Bill
By William W. Beach, David W. Kreutzer, Ph.D., Karen A. Campbell, Ph.D., and Ben Lieberman
WebMemo #2450


May 13, 2009
The Economic Impact of Waxman–Markey
By William W. Beach, David W. Kreutzer, Ph.D., Karen A. Campbell, Ph.D., and Ben Lieberman
WebMemo #2438


March 26, 2009
The Manufacturing Vulnerability Index


March 26, 2009
Manufacturing Vulnerability Index State and Congressional District Tables


March 09, 2009
An Analysis of Federal, State, and Local Homeland Security Budgets
By Matt A. Mayer
Center for Data Analysis Report #09-01


November 10, 2008
EPA-Mandated CO2 Reductions Will Lower U.S. Industries' Return on Equity
By Karen A. Campbell, Ph.D.
Center for Data Analysis Report #08-12


November 10, 2008
The Global Response to a Terror-Generated Energy Crisis
By William W. Beach, James Jay Carafano, Ph.D., Ariel Cohen, Ph.D., David W. Kreutzer, Ph.D., Karen A. Campbell, Ph.D., and Hopper Smith
Center for Data Analysis Report #08-11


November 10, 2008
The Global Response to a Terror-Generated Energy Crisis
By William W. Beach, James Jay Carafano, Ph.D., Ariel Cohen, Ph.D., David W. Kreutzer, Ph.D., Karen A. Campbell, Ph.D., and Hopper Smith
Center for Data Analysis Report #08-11


November 05, 2008
Impact of CO2 Restrictions on Employment and Income: Green Jobs or Gone Jobs?
By David W. Kreutzer, Ph.D.
WebMemo #2122


October 29, 2008
CO2–Emission Cuts: The Economic Costs of the EPA's ANPR Regulations
By David W. Kreutzer, Ph.D., and Karen A. Campbell, Ph.D.
Center for Data Analysis Report #08-10


October 01, 2008
The Economic Case for Drilling Oil Reserves
By David W. Kreutzer, Ph.D.
WebMemo #2093


August 21, 2008
Who Serves in the U.S. Military? The Demographics of Enlisted Troops and Officers
By Shanea J. Watkins, Ph.D., and James Sherk
Center for Data Analysis Report #08-05


July 24, 2008
Oil Speculators Help Consumers at the Gas Pump
By David Kreutzer
WebMemo #2003


July 14, 2008
How Rising Gas Prices Hurt American Households
By Karen A. Campbell, Ph.D.
Backgrounder #2162


May 22, 2008
Effect of the Lieberman-Warner Global Warming Legislation on States
By William W. Beach, Ben Lieberman, David W. Kreutzer, Ph.D., and Nicolas D. Loris
WebMemo #1930


May 12, 2008
The Economic Costs of the Lieberman-Warner Climate Change Legislation
By William W. Beach, David W. Kreutzer, Ph.D., Ben Lieberman, and Nicolas D. Loris
Center for Data Analysis Report #08-02


October 11, 2007
Global Climate-Change Bills Before Congress
By Ben Lieberman and William W. Beach
Backgrounder #2075


July 25, 2007
If Iran Provokes an Energy Crisis: Modeling the Problem in a War Game
By James Jay Carafano, Ph.D., and William W. Beach
Center for Data Analysis Report #07-03


June 18, 2007
Senate Energy Bill Would Increase Gas Prices
By William W. Beach and Shanea Watkins, Ph.D.
WebMemo #1512


November 22, 2006
State and Local Law Enforcement's Key Role in Better, Faster, Cheaper Border Security
By James Jay Carafano, Ph.D., and David B. Muhlhausen, Ph.D.
Executive Memorandum #1015


September 06, 2006
Better, Faster, and Cheaper Border Security
By James Jay Carafano, Ph.D., Brian W. Walsh, David B. Muhlhausen, Ph.D., Laura P. Keith, and David D. Gentilli
Backgrounder #1967


July 17, 2006
Building a Better Border: What the Experts Say
By David B. Muhlhausen, Ph.D.
Backgrounder #1952


March 12, 2002
Econometric and Policy Evaluation of the National Energy Policy
By William W. Beach, Charli E. Coon, and Rea S. Hederman
Center for Data Analysis Report #02-01


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The U.S. Economic Outlook
A PowerPoint presentation by William Beach on the implications of mounting federal debt for the debt paying generation. Total debt is expected to grow from $5.8 trillion in 2008 to $11 trillion by 2019. That is 41% of GDP in 2008 becoming 82% of GDP by 2019. A Tsunami of debt from Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid will push total debt to 320% of GDP in 2050 and 750% in 2083. In 2019, Interest payments alone on the debt will be $100 billion more than president Obama projects to spend on the whole Department of Defense. (PowerPoint)

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