Normally, outbreaks (such as cholera) devastate low-income communities first. MERS, SARS and many modern pandemics are far more likely to show up in densely populated, working-class areas than at a country club.
Tag: policy
Television news journalist Soledad O’Brien sees an industry around her in which policy is rarely a focus. Political coverage in the media latches on to popularity and personality. Producers think people just want short quips and politicians arguing.
She disagrees.
Politico referenced research from Nicolas Duquette of the USC Price School on the policy history of the charitable tax deduction.
‘“Investors place less value on firms that appear to be playing Robin Hood by taking from the government in the form of avoided taxes in order to distribute funds to society via corporate philanthropic giving,” wrote the study’s authors, Kerry K. Inger and Brian Vansant of Auburn University.”
Southern California public radio affiliates The Daily Democrat The Mercury News and the East Bay Times quoted Lisa Schweitzer of the USC Price School on why older adults are often reluctant to give up their driving privileges.…
“Toward a Theory of Population Repatriation from Disasters,” August 2018. Adam Rose, Jonathan Eyer and Shingo Nagamatsu Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to present the outlines of a conceptual…
Creativity, Energy, & Experimentation In this episode of the PS You’re Interesting podcast, Jeff Jenkins and Benjamin Newman, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Political Science at the UC Riverside, discuss creativity…
Marketplacequoted Marlon Boarnetof the USC Price School on electric scooter riders. “You can’t have a situation where a person picks up a scooter, maybe on Venice Beach, and maybe they’re…
“Uncovering Discrimination in the Policing of Anti-Immigrant Hate Crime” With an increase in ethnically motivated hate crime, we explore the issue of the rigor in which law enforcement agencies police potential hate…
Congressional historian Sarah Binder joins neighbor and investment manager, Matt Spindel in a look at the history of the relationship between the Federal Reserve and its legislative parent, Congress. The result is the Princeton University Press book The Myth of Independence: How Congress Governs the Federal Reserve.
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Is conspicuous consumption a thing of the past? What are today’s wealthy spending their money on? In today’s episode of Our American Discourse, Elizabeth Currid-Halkett helps us walk a mile in the shoes of the spending habits of today’s “aspirational class.”
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