All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Government, Legislation & Politics

The FDA is poorly managed and overly risk averse, resulting in skyrocketing drug development costs and fewer approvals.  Congressional oversight, increasingly negatively disposed toward the pharmaceutical industry, is a stimulus to this trend.

Recent reports provide fuel for the claim that billions of dollars spent subsidising projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in developing countries are being 'wasted', because projects would have gone ahead anyway. The underlying facts are essentially correct, but readers should beware drawing...

Reduction of USAID payments is beneficial in reducing addiction to it. The  ariticle's title infers that trade is preferable to aid payments, the article itself argues the opposite. Egypt - Israel peace agreement of 1979

Billions of dollars in pharmaceutical revenue, a large chunk of the advertising industry, and public health implications are at stake as Congress once again considers stricter limits on direct to consumer (DTC) advertising.

A Pay-as-You-Throw program, or PAYT, provides a direct economic incentive to residents to reduce their waste. Under PAYT, cities would charge households for their waste collection based on the amount of waste they throw away.

A high rate of filing of tax returns-- ( 1.) Reduces pressure on the US government to simplify its byzantine tax system, which is at times incomprehensible to both tax collectors and tax advisors, because the tax returns and revenues continue to flow; and ( 2.) Reduces pressure on the US government...

When ordinary Americans live beyond their means, disapprobation comes from every quarter, including the federal government. When our government lives beyond its means, bankrupting our children and grandchildren, we Americans avert the disapproving glance. Instead, we even elect government officials...

The problem America faces is not that our processes to review foreign investments are broken. Instead, our challenge is that America is economically a much weaker country today than we were a year ago. Developing rules that punish law-abiding investors will not help America but will discourage reasonable...

Industry's Opinion Increasing the basic rate of interest will bring problems for the Brazilian industrial park. The evaluation is the representative of the Entrepreneurs National Thought Basis (PNBE). According to the businessman, the decision of the Council of Monetary Policy (Copom) will raise the...

More regulation is not synonymous with greater safety or enhanced benefits to society.  Often, the opposite is true because excessive regulation is a drag on innovation, diminishing competition and the number of products available to consumers, and inflating prices.  Instead of overreacting...