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Building Social Capital through Health Care

How can social capital overcome divisive politics in order to achieve improved public health care?
Nudge Theory: Promoting Rational Choices and Improving Outcomes

Behavioral economics holds important insights for practitioners of public policy.
Trump Tariff Policy: The Border Adjustment Tax Reviewed

While protectionism may intuitively seem to benefit the American economy, it contradicts decades of modern economic…
Follow the Money: The GOP’s Proposal for a ‘Border Adjusted Tax’

What does the proposed ‘border adjusted tax’ system of the new GOP administration mean for America,…
Hit or Miss? Determining the Success of Economic Sanctions

Governments have used economic sanctions increasingly more to achieve their foreign policy goals, but do they…
New Zealand: The Model for Farms of the Future

Don’t think the Agrarian sector is as sexy as the Financial sector? New Zealand would argue…
Sustainable Development: A Model for Reducing Carbon Emissions

Why firms, cities and governments aim to reduce their carbon emission to seek growth.
The Paris Climate Agreement: Worth a Mass?

With the US on its way out, a joint EU-China effort is needed to curb global…
A Politically Fueled Sunday

Politics did not take a break for Super Bowl LI.
CES 2017: The Latest Innovations from the Tech World

The Future of Lifestyle Technology is voice-controlled and automated.
Environmental Standards in the Age of Trade Liberalization

Does free trade come at an expensive cost?
Has OPEC lost its clout?

The oil markets have been free to move as they please despite OPEC’s rhetoric.