Rasmussen, Scott (2012). “The People’s Money”. Threshold Editions. New York. Since 1835 when Alexis De Tocqueville published Democracy in America, United States’ political system has been worldwide perceived as a […]
“The People’s Money. How voters will balance the budget and eliminate federal debt”
“The People’s Money. How voters will balance the budget and eliminate federal debt"
Rasmussen, Scott (2012). “The People’s Money”. Threshold Editions. New York. Since 1835 when Alexis De Tocqueville published Democracy in America, United States’ political system has been worldwide perceived as a […]
“Cutting edge” technology and its impact on democracy: the case of QUBE (1977) in Columbus Ohio.
Sometimes Innovation does not let people think historically. By historically, we mean considering past, present and future at the same time. Most of the times innovation leads us to think that […]
A closer look at the Massachusetts House Budget Recommendations FY2013.
Eight basic questions about House Budget recommendations for the Department of Children and Families. Is the spending above or below prior fiscal years? The Historical Budget levels for the Department of Children […]
Helping the homeless by helping the landlord:Department of Housing and Community Development Policy Change 2010-2012.
Homelessness policy in Massachusetts is currently under a substantial reform. What was known as a shelter base assistance system is now being transformed to a home base rent assistance system. That change […]
Information society and the future of democracy.
Western world governments take advantage of tech revolution. However, Non-democratic regimes may benefit from technology revolution as well. Liberal political institutions in the western world have been developed long side capitalism and information. […]
A reason of why Poverty persists. A System Approach.
A reason of why Poverty persists:The importance of preventing Negative feedback loops in Economic Growth.The major focus of the theory about economic growth has been on input aspects of socio-economic interaction. For […]
News analysis: five New England Newspapers on the naturalization issue (Sept. 14th 2010).
News analysis: five New England Newspapers on the naturalization issue (Sept 14th 2010). One of the recurrent critiques at the Media and Public policy workshop was the superficiality of media coverage. Students […]
Performance of federal public agency for economic development: the Economic Development Administration (EDA) 1965-2010.
The eternal and controversial role of the state in fostering and bolstering economic development has been advanced -substantially and theoretically- since the second half of the twenty century. The administration of JFK […]
Massachusetts 9C Budget cuts FY2009: its impacts on low-income families and poverty reduction.
In spite of the few positive news about american economy and its recovery, Poverty Reduction is still being a major challenge to the Federal and Local States in the United States. The […]
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