Price Controls and Subsidies (Economic)

Price Controls and Subsidies Sites:

Paying for Pollution - How Taxpayers Subsidize Dangerous and Polluting Energy Programs Paying for Pollution - How Taxpayers Subsidize Dangerous and Polluting Energy Programs: Report in PDF and HTML formats on subsidies in the United States for polluting industries: who benefits from these subsidies, why they hurt Americans and the environment, and what should be done instead. (Price Controls and Subsidies) http://www.foe.org/camps/eco/payingforpollution/ What Price Control Really Means What Price Control Really Means: An article arguing against price controls on the basis that they are economically harmful and impose unnecessary limits on freedom. (Price Controls and Subsidies) http://www.libertyhaven.com/theoreticalorphilosophicalissues/economichistory/pricecontrol.html Perverse Incentives - Subsidies and Sustainable Development Perverse Incentives - Subsidies and Sustainable Development: Report from the Institute for Research on Public Expenditure arguing that subsidies harm the environment and economies around the world. Includes segments on specific industries and suggests strategies for reform. (Price Controls and Subsidies) http://www.ecouncil.ac.cr/rio/focus/report/english/subsidies/ Roosevelt's Message to Congress on Price Control Roosevelt's Message to Congress on Price Control: Argument by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1941 for Congress to pass legislation capping prices to prevent unchecked inflation. (Price Controls and Subsidies) http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/policy/1941/410730b.html Physician Behavioral Response to Price Control Physician Behavioral Response to Price Control: Scholarly article detailing a research project studying the response of physicians to price controls. Concludes that price controls are not effective in capping rising health care costs. (Price Controls and Subsidies) http://www.worldbank.org/html/extdr/hnp/hddflash/workp/wp_00046.html WTO: Subsidies and Countervailing Measures WTO: Subsidies and Countervailing Measures: Outlines the World Trade Organization's position on various types of subsidies and measures that can be taken to remove or counter their negative effects. (Price Controls and Subsidies) http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/scm_e/scm_e.htm Kick All Agricultural Subsidies (Kick-AAS) Kick All Agricultural Subsidies (Kick-AAS): Organization working to abolish all agricultural subsidies in the United States. Argues that agricultural subsidies in industrialized countries harm third-world farmers by denying them the opportunity to compete fairly. (Price Controls and Subsidies) http://kickaas.typepad.com/ Corporate Welfare Information Center Corporate Welfare Information Center: Large database of information on United States government subsidies to corporations, including general information, specific examples, statistics, sample reform legislation, and mailing lists. (Price Controls and Subsidies) http://www.corporations.org/welfare/ Broken Ladder: Government Thwarts Affordable Housing Broken Ladder: Government Thwarts Affordable Housing: An article examining the failure of public housing projects in Washington, DC, citing problems such as lack of maintenance, poor social environment, and lack of motivation for tenants. Also argues against alternative plans such as housing vouchers and su (Price Controls and Subsidies) http://www.policyreview.org/mar97/husock.html Time To Condemn Subsidized Housing Time To Condemn Subsidized Housing: An article claiming that subsidized housing causes harm, not good. (Price Controls and Subsidies) http://www.americasfuture.net/1997/mar97/97-0309a.html Cato Institute: How Rent Control Drives Out Affordable Housing Cato Institute: How Rent Control Drives Out Affordable Housing: Analyzes the results of rent control policies and the effects when such policies are removed and argues that rent control does more harm than good. Features both a synopsis and a full analysis. (Price Controls and Subsidies) http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-274es.html The Advanced Technology Program And Other Corporate Subsidies The Advanced Technology Program And Other Corporate Subsidies: Stephen Moore, Director Of Fiscal Policy Studies at the Cato Institute in Washington, DC, outlines the effects of various government subsidies and argues against corporate welfare grants. (Price Controls and Subsidies) http://www.cato.org/testimony/ct-sm060397.html GRRN: End Subsidies for Wasting Campaign GRRN: End Subsidies for Wasting Campaign: Organization working against government subsidies in the United States to industries such as mining and timber firms, waste hauling, and landfill owners, giving them an unfair advantage over sustainable and resource-conserving businesses. (Price Controls and Subsidies) http://www.grrn.org/subsidies/ The Washington Times: Agricultural Subsidies Targeted The Washington Times: Agricultural Subsidies Targeted: Article speculating that the World Trade Organization will attack agricultural subsidies in the United States and Europe and discussing the WTO's actions against subsidies in the past. (Price Controls and Subsidies) http://www.washtimes.com/business/20031207-114046-8545r.htm Fossil Fuel Subsidies - A Taxpayer Perspective Fossil Fuel Subsidies - A Taxpayer Perspective: Outlines the amount of money spent in the United States on fossil fuel subsidies and the negative effects of this policy. (Price Controls and Subsidies) http://www.taxpayer.net/TCS/fuelsubfact.htm Rent Control in Ontario Canada Rent Control in Ontario Canada: Report on rent controls in Ontario, detailing history of the issue since 1944 and common myths about rent control as well as links to past studies and articles. Argues that the rent controls are not harmful but do not go far enough. (Price Controls and Subsidies) http://www.geocities.com/torontotenants/rentcontrols.html