Natural resource experts believe that resources tend to be overused in countries with weak ownership rights. In such countries, where there is a high risk of state expropriation or unexpected taxes, and the courts are ineffective, natural resources will be exploited as quickly as possible. On the other hand, growth
The public’s satisfaction with Great Britain’s National Health Service, usually surprisingly buoyant even in the face of cuts and shortages, has plunged in the past two years, a new Mori poll conducted on 2,000 adults for the British Medical Association says.
The number of people satisfied with the health service
Credit experts in the U.S. report that consumers are borrowing more and experiencing greater difficulty in paying off what they owe. Economist Mark Zandi at Economy.com sees the process as a “scary sign.”
Payment delinquency rates rose at the end of last year for just about every type of consumer
Multinational studies have linked nations’ rates of economic growth with school enrolment rates the more schooling, the higher the growth rates.
But researchers Eric A. Hanushek at Stanford University and Dennis D. Kimko of the U.S. Institute for Defence Analyses think a better indicator would be the quality of education.
Traditional families in which children live with their married biological parents are on the rise, the U.S. Census Bureau reports.
The bureau’s study, “Living Arrangements of Children,” released recently, is based on a survey taken in 1996.
The proportion of Americas children living with both biological parents jumped from
The draft Mineral Development Bill proposes moving all property rights in minerals into the hands of the state, claiming that state ownership is common practice world-wide. This claim is no more than a half-truth, since private ownership is also common practice worldwide, but its largely unchallenged repetition is tending to
The revelation of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Carnivore e-mail surveillance system has caused a debate over where to draw the line between public safety and an individual’s privacy. Privacy groups want strict guidelines on what personal information the government can gather and retain.
The FBI and the Justice
Higher productivity and rising living standards are products of businesses’ ability to compile and manipulate data. And while everyone wants privacy, there is little consensus on what the term means or what can be done to ensure privacy without undermining free speech rights, consumer convenience or economic growth.
The percentage
According to a recent report on global warming, three scientists agreed, “…what matters is how the earth is warming, not just that it is.” Their findings concluded that the lion’s share of warming is taking place in Siberia and north-western North America, and that less than one-third of the observed
Research shows that parental involvement in a child’s education is a strong predictor of student achievement. Typically, the more involved the parents, the better off the child. Yet the current structure of elementary and secondary schools tends to marginalise parents. In most areas, government assigns children to particular schools, and
