The Balancing Act of Barack Obama
O autor realiza um balanço provisório do governo Obama sob forma de reflexão sobre o intrigante comportamento do presidente dos Estados Unidos.
Research
Over-optimism in Forecasts by Official Budget Agencies and its Implications
The paper studies forecasts of real growth rates and budget balances made by official government agencies among 33 countries.
Consumer Financial Protection
The recent financial crisis has led many to question how well businesses deliver services and how well regulatory institutions address problems in consumer financial markets.
Prospects for the Professions in China
Professionals are a growing group in China and increasingly make their presence felt in governance and civil society.
All Stocks of Weapons-Usable Nuclear Materials Worldwide Must be Protected Against Global Terrorist Threats
The danger of nuclear terrorism is real enough to justify urgent action to reduce the risk.
America's Grace: How a Tolerant Nation Bridges Its Religious Divides
David E. Campbell and Robert D. Putnam ask how America can simultaneously be religiously devout, religiously diverse, and religiously tolerant.
Moving Teenagers Out of High-Risk Neighborhoods: How Girls Fare Better than Boys
Young people who grow up in high-poverty urban neighborhoods experience crime and violence, resource-poor schools, restricted labor markets, and other forms of deprivation at a much higher level than
Advisors to Rulers: Serving the State and the Way
Book abstract: Professionals are a growing group in China and increasingly make their presence felt in governance and civil society.
Governing Science
In this paper Sparrow critiques the claims of the Evidence-Based Policy movement, and Evidence-Based Policing in particular, and urges practitioners to appreciate and embrace a broader range of scient
Nuclear Lessons for Cyber Security?
Identifying “revolutions in military affairs” is arbitrary, but some inflection points in technological change are larger than others: for example, the gunpowder revolution in early modern Europe, the
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