November 18, 2009 2:32PM 

# Wednesday Links 

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- Why America [leads the world](http://bit.ly/2arwMb) in medical innovation.

- If the health care overhaul bill were a medical product it would have to come with a warning label, which could read something like this: **Warning:** *This product will increase your health insurance premiums, make your children poorer and won’t make you healthier*. That’s not all. [There’s more.](http://bit.ly/2htsb8)

- Unintended Consequences: Could government efforts to redesign cities to make them more pedestrian friendly, concentrate jobs in selected areas, and increase mass transit [actually *raise* C02 emission levels](http://bit.ly/4G9odb)?

- What does it say about politicians who think Americans who don’t buy health insurance should be subject to a [$250,000 fine and/​or five years in jail](http://bit.ly/18wwmh)?

- The president is on his first official trip to Asia. Here’s an outline as to [how the United States should engage the region](http://bit.ly/1gVPdq).

- Podcast: “[Obama’s Credibility on the Dollar](http://bit.ly/4bzslG)”

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