Publications -- Special Publications

The NCPA occasionally produces special publications, such as Briefing Books, Conference Proceedings and Copublications with other institutes. Studies by NCPA scholars published elsewhere are included by permission.

Nov 13, 2008

Pros and Cons on Public Policy: Debate the issues at Helium.com

Should the government control healthcare? Does it really pay to save for retirement? Is Michael Moore right about the U.S. healthcare system? Issues raised at NCPA can now be debated live at Helium.com.

Oct 01, 2008

How Parents Can Protect Their Kids against Staph Infections

The threat of drug-resistant bacteria infecting schoolchildren has been scaring parents
across America, after a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
made national headlines.  However, public health officials are cautioning parents not to overreact.

Sep 08, 2008

Classical Liberalism vs. Modern Liberalism and Modern Conservatism

In the history of politics, there is only one fundamental, abiding issue: It is individualism vs. collectivism. Do individuals have the right to pursue their own happiness, as Thomas Jefferson thought and as the Declaration of Independence deemed self-evident? Or do we have an obligation to live our lives for the community or the state, as most societies have claimed throughout most of history?

Sep 08, 2008

A Global Warming Primer

The purpose of this primer is to explore some of the main scientific, economic and political issues surrounding the topic of global warming.

Nov 01, 2007

Goodman Health Plan

To confront America's health care crisis, we do not need more spending, more regulations or more bureaucracy. We do need people, however, including every doctor and every patient. All 300 million Americans must be free to use their intelligence, their creativity and their innovative ability to make the changes needed to create access to low-cost, high-quality health care.

Sep 08, 2007

Handbook on State Health Care Reform

Handbook on State Healthcare Reform

Apr 23, 2007

The 2007 Trustees Report

The Current State of Social Security and Medicare

Feb 09, 2007

The High Cost of Failing to Reform Public Education in Texas

This study documents the public costs of high school dropouts in Texas and examines how school choice could provide large public benefi ts by increasing graduation rates in Texas public schools. It calculates the annual cost of high school dropouts in Texas caused by reduced tax revenue, increased Medicaid costs and increased incarceration costs. It then examines how competition from private schools already raises public school graduation rates and calculates the dollar value of the public benefi ts that would follow from increasing Texas's public school graduation rates by enacting even a modest school choice program.

Sep 26, 2006

Statement on HSAs - Goodman's Testimony before the Senate Finance Committee

Government at all levels in the United States currently spends about 7.2 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) on health care, mainly on Medicare and Medicaid.  Yet Christian Hagist and Laurence J. Kotlikoff have shown that if benefits expand at the rate of the past 30 years and if the population ages the way demographers predict, government health care spending will equal one-third of national income by mid-century, when today's college students reach the retirement age.

Sep 21, 2006

The National Center for Policy Analysis: An Intellectual Journey

As the NCPA approaches its 25th anniversary, the organization will celebrate 25 years of innovative ideas and proven results.  Much has been accomplished.  There is much more to do.