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Shikha Dalmia

Shikha Dalmia

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• Globalization With a Human Face
  Jagdish Bhagwati on the trouble with protectionism, how to deal with climate change, and why NAFTA was bad for free trade.
  Shikha Dalmia
  November 18, 2009
• That Darn Mandate
  Will Americans be forced to buy health insurance?
  Shikha Dalmia
  November 18, 2009
• Dave Bing's Last-Second Shot
  Can the former Piston star save Detroit?
  Shikha Dalmia
  November 10, 2009
• Where Ayn Rand Went Wrong
  She ignored a part of human nature
  Shikha Dalmia
  November 4, 2009
• Don't Blame Voters for California's Budget Woes
  Big spending pols falsely claim citizen ballot initiatives have tied their hands
  Shikha Dalmia, Adam Summers and Adrian Moore
  October 9, 2009
• Obama, Race, and Health Care
  Understanding America's real and imagined grievances
  Shikha Dalmia
  September 25, 2009
• Obama's Health Care Plan: Put Up and Shut Up
  More broken promises from the candidate of change
  Shikha Dalmia
  September 14, 2009
• President Obama's Plan Will Control Every Aspect of the Medical Transaction
  Health care plan will tell patients when, what and how much coverage they must buy
  Shikha Dalmia
  September 11, 2009
• About That Detroit Renaissance
  Don't believe the hype
  Shikha Dalmia
  September 11, 2009
• About That Detroit Renaissance
  What chance is there for an artist-led revival in the midst of civic hemorrhage?
  Shikha Dalmia
  September 9, 2009
• The Evil-Mongering of the American Medical Association
  Obama's cozy relationship with Big Medicine will hurt patients
  Shikha Dalmia
  August 27, 2009
• Cash for Clunkers Destroys Wealth and Resources
  Program isn't delivering on its eco-goals
  Shikha Dalmia
  August 12, 2009
• The Myth of Free-Market Health Care in America
  Why other Western countries offer no panacea for American woes
  Shikha Dalmia
  July 30, 2009
• The Myth Of Free Market Health Care In America
  Uncle Sam picks up nearly half of the country's $2.5 trillion annual health care tab
  Shikha Dalmia
  July 29, 2009
• Why Poor Countries Won't Curb Emissions
  Massive greenhouse gas reductions would require developing countries to abandon plans to ever conquer poverty
  Shikha Dalmia
  July 15, 2009
• The Employee Free Choice Act and Binding Arbitration
  EFCA is destructive to the rights of employers and workers, and the economy
  Shikha Dalmia
  July 14, 2009
• President Obama's Top Five Health Care Lies
  Tony Soprano Care
  Shikha Dalmia
  July 2, 2009
• Medicare Is Not the Model for Health Care Reform
  The "public option" health care plan will not be financially sustainable
  Shikha Dalmia
  June 18, 2009
• Obama's Betrayal on Don't Ask Don't Tell
  The president's forgotten civil rights promise
  Shikha Dalmia
  June 3, 2009
• Dear GOP: Please Choose Liberty
  Even non-Republicans need a strong opposition
  Shikha Dalmia
  May 20, 2009
• The Economic Impact of President Obama's Health Care Tactics
  No major industrialized economy with universal health care has performed better than the U.S. in the last decade
  Shikha Dalmia
  May 6, 2009
• President Obama Fails the Kids in the DC Voucher Program
  Ignoring the program's big successes, Congress and Obama pay off the teachers' unions
  Shikha Dalmia
  April 20, 2009
• GM Should Run To Bankruptcy Court
  By avoiding bankruptcy, GM only risks trading union demands for federal tyranny
  Shikha Dalmia
  April 2, 2009
• India's Faulty Exceptionalism
  India isn't suffering during this global slowdown, but needs more openness to trade
  Shikha Dalmia
  April 1, 2009
• Goodbye Chang, So Long Singh
  America's real immigration problem will soon be returning emigres
  Shikha Dalmia
  March 23, 2009
• Immigrants Have Never Been Less Interested in America
  Much-needed, highly-skilled immigrants are returning to their home countries
  Shikha Dalmia
  March 23, 2009
• The Great Union Debate
  Card check: unions' salvation?
  Shikha Dalmia
  February 6, 2009
• Government Intervention Might Delay the Economic Recovery
  Every recession contains the seeds of its own regeneration
  Shikha Dalmia
  February 4, 2009
• Detroit Bets Its Future on Washington
  Carmakers seek to please Congress instead of customers
  Shikha Dalmia and Henry Payne
  January 24, 2009
• A Good Deal For Big Three Workers
  Compared with Japanese counterparts, they pay less for health care
  Shikha Dalmia
  December 17, 2008
• How Unions Stop The Cars
  Big Labor is a big problem for automakers' survival
  Shikha Dalmia
  December 12, 2008
• Arming India Against Terrorism
  Relaxing gun control laws would be a good start
  Shikha Dalmia
  December 11, 2008
• It's 65 Million B.C. for the Detroit Three
  Why use taxpayer money to postpone the inevitable?
  Shikha Dalmia
  December 2, 2008
• President-elect Obama's Budget Problems
  Cure the economy or tackle climate change
  Shikha Dalmia
  November 26, 2008
• Obama's Cabinet: Part Two
  Best and worst candidates for Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense and Attorney General
  Shikha Dalmia
  November 18, 2008
• Obama's Cabinet: Part Three
  Picking Secretaries of Commerce, Energy, and Health and Human Services
  Shikha Dalmia
  November 17, 2008
• Obama's Cabinet: Hoping for an Empirical Presidency
  Looking at the best and worst picks from a libertarian perspective
  Shikha Dalmia
  November 17, 2008
• Obama and Big Labor
  Allowing unions to do away with secret ballots
  Shikha Dalmia
  October 29, 2008
• Universal Preschool Hasn't Delivered Results
  Study after study shows no long-term gains for kids who attend universal preschool
  Shikha Dalmia and Lisa Snell
  October 17, 2008
• California Is Headed for a Real Fiscal Train Wreck
  The state should spend less before calling on Uncle Sam
  Shikha Dalmia
  October 11, 2008
• How Obama Can Win Working-Class Votes
  Ask colleges to end preferences for minorities and white children of alumni in admissions
  Shikha Dalmia
  September 24, 2008
• Comparing Obama and McCain On Public Service
  Americans don't need to be pushed into service
  Shikha Dalmia
  September 15, 2008
• Protect Our Kids from Preschool
  Preschool doesn't show lasting gains and may do more harm than good
  Shikha Dalmia and Lisa Snell
  August 22, 2008
• Patience Can Sometimes Pay
  Why it might in certain circumstances make sense to postpone action on global warming
  Shikha Dalmia
  August 19, 2008
• Video: Immigration Nation at Bloggingheads.tv
  Is America still built to receive all those huddled masses?
  Shikha Dalmia
  July 14, 2008
• Tony Snow
  A tribute
  Shikha Dalmia
  July 14, 2008
• Michigan Shows How to Save Endangered Species
  Compensating farmers and working with property owners pays big dividends
  Shikha Dalmia
  July 7, 2008
• Cap & Trade: Why It's Tax & Spend
  Senate plan won't cool planet, but will raise taxes
  Shikha Dalmia
  June 2, 2008
• Olympic Diplomacy: Don't Fear China
  The mainland has everything to gain from a stable relationship with the U.S. It's not going to act rashly, and neither should America
  Shikha Dalmia
  May 28, 2008
• Keep Open Markets in Food
  The ban on food exports is not just economically counterproductive, but also strategically short-sighted
  Shikha Dalmia
  May 20, 2008

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