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...legislation, which envisions business and most other human activity as a boot stomping on the face of Mother Nature, fuel-efficiency regulations work to the long-term benefit of the auto industry. Rather than curtailing human mastery of nature, they enable us to manage our natural resources prudently and spur us to develop new technologies that will let our technological civilization last longer...
...business approach treats America as an isolated system. He ignores the fact that Americans are consumers in an international market. They choose to buy Japanese cars because these cars generally get better gas mileage than American ones. For whatever reason, the prospect of this competition has not sufficed to spur American manufacturers to improve. Governmental incentives and/or regulations might really force American auto manufacturers to start improving. It worked in 1978, when Congress set corporate average fuel economy standards that made many auto companies race to bring themselves up to par. In the process, they developed new technology that helped...
...paradox is that Bush undermined his most important goal of all: getting re-elected. Any President who wants a second term needs to have a healthy economy by election year -- or give the public a good reason why not. But Bush's belated and halfhearted attempts to spur economic recovery, and his failure to explain and defend his decisions, largely account for his low standing in the polls. This approach can be seen in several key episodes...
...economic views could not be greater. The two candidates' views regarding the recently negotiated North American Free Trade Agreement illustrate that gap. Both support NAFTA as vital for the nation's economic future, but Bush clearly believes that merely establishing a new North American trade zone is sufficient to spur economic growth. In the President's mind, free trade is an end in itself; once established, market forces will determine winners and losers on the merits. Clinton sees NAFTA's benefits as more elusive; to ensure that they are reaped, he favors companion legislation requiring a form of "industrial policy...
That growth will spur a boom in the development of retirement communities. Those catering to the affluent will be highly sought after by regional civic boosters. "I can envision countries competing for these luxury communities in the same way they used to compete for auto plants, because they are such wealth engines," says William Johnston, a fellow at the Hudson Institute. A new, economical form of elderly residence called "assisted housing" is likely to be popular as well. In these complexes, the elderly are supervised but allowed to live alone. "It's not like a nursing home," says Karen Wilson...