Managing price and financial stability objectives – what can we learn from the Asia-Pacific region? by Soyoung Kim and Aaron Mehrotra. BIS Working Papers No 533. December 2015. “The international financial crisis led many central banks to adopt explicit financial stability objectives. This raises the question of how central banks deal with policy trade-offs resulting from potential… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: December 2015
Veterans Homelessness Prevention Demonstration Evaluation
Mary K. Cunningham, Jennifer Biess, Dina Emam, Martha R. Burt. December 10, 2015. Veterans Homelessness Prevention Demonstration Evaluation: “This report documents the outcomes of veterans served by the Veterans Homelessness Prevention Demonstration program (VHPD), one element of the Obama administration’s signature initiative to end veteran homelessness. It describes the housing, employment, and health of veterans… Continue Reading
Gene Patents and Human Rights
Van Overwalle, Geertrui, Gene Patents and Human Rights (March 2015). in Intellectual Property Law and Human Rights. Third edition, Paul L. C. Torremans (ed.), Kluwer Law International, 2015, 871 – 914 . Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2708042 “Over the last decade, the relationship between intellectual property rights (IPRs) and human rights has gained wide… Continue Reading
From International Society to International Community: The Constitutional Evolution of International Law
Widlak, Tomasz Hubert, From International Society to International Community: The Constitutional Evolution of International Law (December 17, 2015). From International Society to International Community: The Constitutional Evolution of International Law, Gdansk University Press, 2015. Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2707814 “The purpose of this book is to reconstruct the concept of “international community” and to… Continue Reading
Paper – SEC Enforcement Actions Against Broker-Dealers
Posted by Jon Eisenberg, K&L Gates LLP, December 26, 2015 – Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation: “In its 2015 Financial Report, the SEC repeated its view that one of the two principal purposes of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is to ensure that… Continue Reading
The Past, Present, and Future of Canadian Environmental Law
MacLean, Jason and Doelle, Meinhard and Tollefson, Chris, The Past, Present, and Future of Canadian Environmental Law: A Critical Dialogue (December 1, 2015). (2015-2016) 1:1 Lakehead Law Journal 79. Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2708144 “In this critical dialogue, Jason MacLean, an assistant professor at the Bora Laskin Faculty of Law at Lakehead University whose… Continue Reading
Congress.gov Enhancements close out 2015
Via Andrew Weber, Library of Congress: “Today’s update on end of year enhancements includes a new Quick Search for legislation, the Congressional Record Index (back to 1995), and the History of Bills from the Congressional Record Index (available from the Actions tab). We have also brought over the State Legislature Websites page from THOMAS, which has… Continue Reading
SIPRI Top 100 arms-producing and military services companies, 2014
SIPRI news release, December 15, 2015: “Sales of arms and military services by the largest arms-producing companies—the SIPRI Top 100—totalled $401 billion in 2014 according to new international arms industry data launched today by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). Download the Fact Sheet, The SIPRI Top 100 arms-producing and military services companies, 2014… Continue Reading
CRS – Arms Sales: Congressional Review Process
Arms Sales: Congressional Review Process. Paul K. Kerr, Analyst in Nonproliferation. December 17, 2015. “This report reviews the process and procedures that currently apply to congressional consideration of foreign arms sales proposed by the President. This includes consideration of proposals to sell major defense equipment, defense articles and services, or the re-transfer to third party… Continue Reading
Study 62% of Americans Have Under $1,000 in Savings
Elyssa Kirkham October 5, 2015 – “Having a savings fund is one of the keys to financial health. Yet trying to save is a struggle, especially because the biggest money challenge for Americans is sticking to a budget — a central skill to ensure enough money is left over each month to save. To gauge… Continue Reading
Study Overuse of pesticides by Chinese farmers and devastating results
Susanna Pilny – “While the Great Recession is over, many of its aftereffects are still being felt—especially in China, where a shift in agricultural practices driven by the economic crisis may have devastating results, according to a new study that spanned 10 years. In the early 2000s, the Chinese government decided to invest in chemical… Continue Reading
Witnessing Climate Change Everywhere
MIT Technology Review – Witnessing Climate Change Everywhere – “On an Instagram account called everydayclimatechange, the photographer James Whitlow Delano curates pictures that document causes and effects of global warming and responses to it.” Continue Reading
