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The Economics and Ethics Program, under the direction of EPPC Fellow John D. Mueller, studies the relation of modern economic theory to its Judeo-Christian and Greco-Roman origins, its practical application to personal, family, and political economy, and the interaction of economics, philosophical worldviews, and religious faith. The program aims to foster economic policies�in areas ranging from the tax code to retirement pensions to health care�that recognize and promote the family as the central social institution of American civilization.

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The Senate Health Care Bills
$1.5 Trillion Sticker Shock
By James C. Capretta
Friday, June 26, 2009
Taxpayers are in for sticker shock. The total federal cost for the health-care plan pushed by the Obama administration is at least $1 trillion over 10 years, and perhaps $1.5 trillion, depending on certain specifications. Early estimates show costs rising 6.7 percent per year, far outpacing the growth rate of the national economy.

Prescription
A politically salable approach to market-based reform
By James C. Capretta
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
By recognizing that many Americans want to stay with their current insurance and turning that fact to their advantage, conservatives can both prevent President Obama's government-centered approach and advance sensible reforms. The key is to build a health-care marketplace in stages.

Stop ObamaCare
The Democrats' plan would displace tens of millions of happily insured Americans and exacerbate the worst elements of the current system.
By James C. Capretta, Yuval Levin
Friday, May 15, 2009
President Obama and his congressional allies are pursuing a mammoth, complex, hugely expensive, ill-designed reform that is not likely to be popular when understood. Conservatives have a very real chance at stopping it if they highlight its key weaknesses and supply a superior alternative.

Kemp Brought America Back from 1970s
By Jeffrey Bell
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
There were two big ideas that changed the world in the 1980s: Supply-side economics and a bold strategy for winning the Cold War. One was the handiwork of Jack Kemp, the other of Ronald Reagan.

Video Tribute

Remembering Our Mission
Vision of a democratic Iraq

On January 30, 2005, the people of Iraq stood against the terrorists by voting in elections for a national assembly which will draft a permanent constitution for the country. Click here to watch a three-minute video tribute to the inspiring moral and physical courage of Iraq's voters.

The New Atlantis
A Journal of Technology and Society

The latest issue of EPPC's journal The New Atlantis includes an editorial on President Obama's approach to science policy, plus articles and essays on the changing face of modern warfare, artificial intelligence, cancer treatment under socialism, the lived experience of mental illness, and much more. Visit TheNewAtlantis.com today!