The Polycrisis of a Global Crisis
The world is experiencing one of the most profound crises in our history. Inflation is edging up, the cost of…
Government Corruption and Stock Market Returns in BRIC Nations
A stock market crash may occur if investors discover corruption in a firm, or when investors lose confidence in the…
Improving Subjective Measures of Happiness in Healthcare Reform
Health care reform efforts, especially those aiming to address the millions of uninsured Americans, are inherently complex. There are any…
How to Manage a Disease Outbreak
A disease outbreak is an unusual aggregation of cases of the same illness that exceeds what is expected in a…
How to Measure Economic Growth
Economic growth is a central topic for economists and is of great interest to business leaders and public-sector officials. It…
How Political Pressures Affect Central Bank Decisions
As we all know, central bank decisions have wide-ranging implications for people and economies. For example, the interest rate decision…
How to Distinguish Between Medical Breakthrough and Hyped-Up Research
From a facial transplant to an artificial voice, advances in academic medicine are transforming patients’ lives. But the term medical…
COVID-19 Variants – What Are They and How Can Vaccination Protect Against Them?
As the COVID-19 virus infects more people, it changes and evolves. These changes, which experts call mutations, might make the…
How Do Inflation Rates Affect the Economy?
When inflation rates are high, everyday consumers notice it. They pay more for groceries, utilities and gasoline. They see higher…
Is Democracy in Crisis?
For over a decade, the conventional wisdom has been that democracy is in crisis. Indeed, global democracy indices show declines,…