The environmental sustainability index (ESI) is based on 20 indicators and 68 related variables that allow cross-national comparisons of rates of non-renewable resource use and other environmental policies in countries worldwide. The index scores range from 0 to 100 with 100 being optimal sustainability.
Researchers have determined the ESI scores of
Business investment in the U.S. ballooned in the 1990s and has since gone bust. But observers say it can be revived easily: let companies write off assets much more quickly and they’ll invest more. That, in turn, would create jobs and raise incomes. Instead of pulling out of last year’s
With the recent arrest of a women in Indiana, USA caught by a security camera beating her daughter in a parking lot, the presence of electronic eyes across America has drawn new attention.
Surveillance cameras are most often operated by private companies and private landowners but government agencies have
What makes a good environmental indicator? It should provide a direct measure of pollution and of environmental degradation or improvement, experts say. It should be tracked over time in order to determine whether there is an improving or deteriorating trend. Good indicators should measure pollution, not consumption, although the two
Obesity has serious economic consequences because of its impact on labour supply and health care. Body weight is itself influenced by economic variables, often in complex ways. Some economists argue that there are two distinct economic drivers of body weight: a supply-side effect caused by higher incomes and lower food
An estimated 585,000 felons will be released from state and federal prisons in America this year – and 62 percent will be charged with new crimes, according to the U.S. Justice Department. Clearly, they were not rehabilitated.
Most specialists in criminology believe in the power of counseling, therapy and training, or
