Whether one supports private accounts or not, the DeMint and McCrery proposals fail on the merits. Their design, structure, and costs make little sense from a policy standpoint. To the degree that these plans include unpaid-for general revenue transfers, they mask the problems they create and open the door for...
Policymakers struggle with medical issues that are the subject of fierce scientific debate. On closer examination, many of these debates are manifestations of conflicting perspectives and values as much as disagreements over the evidence. The paper summarizes common factors underlying debates and outlines a series of questions that can help...
The availability of safe, effective and reasonably priced medications for all Americans is at the center of an important, ongoing debate regarding the health care system. As the costs of medicines have increased, so has the focus of pricing on this debate. Individuals and even local and State governments have...
In the past, reinsurers have been accused of being reactionary and of failing to give the insurance market advance warning of changes in underwriting policy. This certainly is not the case as far as unlimited is concerned and there was wide debate in the immediate aftermath of that dreadful night...
The rules governing trade and capital flows have been at the center of controversy as globalization has proceeded. One reason is the belief that trade and capital flows have massive effects on the labor market - either positive, per the claims of international financial institutions and free trade enthusiasts, or...
The question of whether or not to expense options has been around for decades, for as long as companies have been using options as a form of compensation. But the debate did not heat up until we hit the wake of the dotcom bust. This article will review the debate...
The International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and the World Trade Organization are failing dismally in their stated aims of promoting ‘‘good governance’’, fair trade, and environmental protection and poverty reduction. Indeed there seems to be an almost symbiotic, ‘closed loop’ between both sides of this on-going debate. On the...
After some years of quiescence, the debate about the employment impact of food superstores has fired into life again. There has been a number of research and studies done on this issue. This paper examines the methodologies of, and issues discussed by, each report and attempt to raise the level...
There are many issues surrounding the debate over whether or not employee stock options should be expensed for company financial reports. This debate is now heating up and it could have some serious repercussions that extend beyond accounting practices. Investors need to be aware of some of the key issues...
Assuming it goes off as planned, Friday night's Presidential debate will be worth watching as much for the political theatre as for the actual policies and strategies outlined by the two Commander-in-Chief wannabes. The Presidential debates have become the Academy Awards of spinning. The campaigns try to...
Every year, the Olympia press conference has its share of fireworks. And while this year's edition featured a host of memorable quotes, it only featured one major blowup. And, like last year, it included one of our nominees for press conference MVP: Gustavo Badell. At the heart of the problem,...
October 3, 2008 Linda J. Stierle, MSN, RN, CNAA,BC, Chief Executive Officer of the American Nurses Association took part in the health08.org Kaiser Family Foundation interview series Viewpoints: The Health Care Debate with various leaders of organizations representing health care providers, insurers, policymakers, employers, labor unions and consumers...
LEADING ARTICLE The Government must act radically to unblock the credit markets The debate in the world's capitals this week has been dominated by the prospect of fiscal stimulus plans designed to ward off a disastrous global slump. The incoming US president, Barack Obama, has promised...
Business in brief BROADCASTING The Government has put plans to fund Channel 4's digital switchover on hold, after withdrawing its application for the 14m injection to the European Commission. The Government proposed in June last year to ask the BBC to provide 14m of licence fee-funding...
Osborne claims 'secret tax bombshell' is planned by raising VAT to 18.5 per cent THE TORIES claimed yesterday that the mini-Budget had already "unravelled" as the Government was forced on to the defensive by claims that it planned to raise VAT to 18.5 per cent. ...
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. AP -- A man was found guilty of child abuse on Wednesday for allowing a brutal beating that left his stepdaughter with a severe brain injury -- a case that sparked a right-to-die debate in Massachusetts. Jurors deliberated over parts of three days before convicting...
Future expansion of the Port of Redwood City should be taken into account as the city considers plans for the large area of land near the Bay owned by Cargill, according to city officials. Debate over what to do with Redwood City's large areas of land near...
Poll shows that raising the top rate of income tax has raised fears of socialism BUSINESS LEADERS believe that Gordon Brown's decision to raise the top rate of income tax marks a return to "Old Labour", according to a poll for The Independent. ...
Sacked radio presenter finds support from human rights campaigner he loved to hate JON Gaunt once branded the human rights campaigner Shami Chakrabarti "the most dangerous woman in Britain" in his newspaper column. The shock jock frequently disparaged Liberty, the pressure group of which she is...
The former Arsenal vice-chairman David Dein insists there is too much at stake in football to hold back on the introduction of technology and has said that referees are a "endangered species". Costly and questionable refereeing decisions have prompted hot debate on the issue over recent years, most prominently on...
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