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The beautiful picture of brothers in arms vanquishing a tyrant.

Many observers agree that federal regulation of business often fails to prevent monopoly profits, promote technological change, or protect consumers against market abuses.

Abortion is one of the most compelling public policy issues facing government and the public in the United States today.

Over the past fifteen years, a college education has become increasingly valuable in the labor market.

The standard wisdom among political scientists has been that "e;iron triangles"e; operated among regulatory agencies, the regulated industries, and members of Congress, all presumably with a stake in preserving regulation that protected the industries from competition.

Refugees and displaced people are increasingly moving to cities around the world, seeking out the social, economic, and political opportunity that urban areas provide.

During the last decade "e;globalization"e; has become a fashion among policymakers and academics alike.

"e;We are,"e; said Supreme Court Justice William O.

Exposing the powerful contradictions between empowering rights and legal rites By investigating the harms routinely experienced by the victims and survivors of domestic violence, both inside and outside of law, Everyday Harm studies the limits of what domestic violence law can--and cannot--accomplish.

A Brookings Institution Press and Inter-American Development Bank publicationThe poor in developing countries are particularly vulnerable to adverse shocks.

Since 1971 competition has begun to replace regulation as a governing force in the telecommunications industry.

Refugees and displaced people are increasingly moving to cities around the world, seeking out the social, economic, and political opportunity that urban areas provide.

Der russische Angriffskrieg gegen die Ukraine hat für die deutsche Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik weitreichende Konsequenzen.

A political history of the rise and fall of American debt relief.

In this book, Ed A.

If government tells dependent people how to live today, will we have a more self-reliant society tomorrow?

This report analyzes how carbon markets can be designed to help economies reach ambitious emission reduction goals and generate the financing needed to scale up climate action and build a resilient future.

The Economics of Federal Credit Programs discusses government lending, government guaranty of loans, and credit control in the United States.

Winner: Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Award, Institutional/Functional HistoryIn Part-Time Soldiers, Andrew Lewis Chadwick offers the first in-depth historical study of the development and evolution of modern army reserve forces.

This report assesses how Indonesia is implementing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the subnational government (SNG) level, identifies gaps and good practices, and outlines ways to speed up progress.

One of the major architects of comprehensive tax reform has revised his widely acclaimed book on tax policy to reflect the changes brought about by the Tax Reform Act of 1986 and all other major changes in tax laws since 1983.

Dieses Buch umfasst die wesentlichen Grundlagen einer praxisorientierten Mobilitätsplanung.

Winner: Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Award, Institutional/Functional HistoryIn Part-Time Soldiers, Andrew Lewis Chadwick offers the first in-depth historical study of the development and evolution of modern army reserve forces.

Dieses Buch umfasst die wesentlichen Grundlagen einer praxisorientierten Mobilitätsplanung.

This book engages with the implications of an expanding Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) of Transnational Corporations in their supply chains.

This book engages with the implications of an expanding Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) of Transnational Corporations in their supply chains.

The evolution of genome's modification by genetic engineering was characterized by a major technological breakthrough with the discovery of CRISPR in 2012.

The evolution of genome's modification by genetic engineering was characterized by a major technological breakthrough with the discovery of CRISPR in 2012.

Students in state and local politics courses frequently have low levels of prior knowledge about the topic and even lower levels of engagement.

Students in state and local politics courses frequently have low levels of prior knowledge about the topic and even lower levels of engagement.

Like other Nordic countries Norway has been investing heavily in family policy to enable combining work and family life.

Pay transparency policies are gaining momentum throughout the OECD.

This report presents an in-depth cross-country analysis of how long-term care workers fare along the different dimensions of job quality.

Flanders experienced large inflows of immigrants over the past decade, coming from an increasingly diverse range of countries, with growth rates outpacing the Netherlands, France and Germany, as well as Belgium as a whole.

Many Lithuanian households struggle to afford good-quality housing.