28 Aug 2019 A Healthy Environment Is a Duty, Not a Right From a legal point of view, we can guarantee sustainable development only by positing that the current generation has an obligation to deliver a viable planet to future generations
26 Aug 2019 When Taxes Can Save Your Life An increase in excise duties on tobacco would have a doubly positive effect: it would reduce the number of smokers and replenish state coffers. But it would inevitably have a regressive effect
18 Jul 2019 Fast, Flexible and Scalable. The Cloud Enterprise Is Here A research study reveals the features of companies that are being born or changing their skin to leverage the new business opportunities afforded by the cloud
16 Jul 2019 Only Through Mediation Will the Tanks Retreat It is always uncertainty that leads to war. When a mediator intervenes, the outbreak of armed conflict becomes less likely, and often the arms race is also interrupted
16 Jul 2019 The Naive Illusion of Human Rationality Nicola Gennaioli explores the rarely rational factors that affect our daily behavior in everything from investments to choosing a university to launching a startup
12 Jul 2019 When the Spread Rises, the Flow of Credit Runs Dry According to a study on the 20102012 euro crisis, banks reduced the supply of credit if they were very exposed to sovereign debt risk and relied on institutional investors for their short term funding