There is no evidence whatever that competition in broadcasting has ever reduced costs.

没有任何证据证明广播行业的竞争曾经使成本降低。

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To ease credit, the Bank of England last week reduced its main interest rate to 1.5% - its lowest ever.

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This is exactly what will happen in America if the Medicare drug benefit is ever reduced or cut off.

WSJ: Joe Queenan on Big Government and The Bourne Legacy | Moving Targets

If this price is ever to be reduced, Americans will have to look not just at the supply but also at the demand for drugs.

ECONOMIST: A muddle in the jungle

First, it does little to incentivise the development of CCS, which will be needed if emissions from existing coal plants, both in America and in sooty places such as China and India, are ever to be reduced.

ECONOMIST: New rules look set to speed the move from coal to natural gas