Day archives: March 6th, 2016

EU – Manual on Government Deficit and Debt – Implementation of ESA 2010 – 2016 edition

Manual on Government Deficit and Debt – Implementation of ESA 2010 – 2016 edition “This new 2016 edition of the Manual is an updated version of the edition published in August 2014. In the current edition, in particular, the following parts were revised:  Part I (Delimitation of the general government sector): section I.2.3 ‘Concept of …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents

Record number of over 1.2 million first time asylum seekers registered in EU Member States in 2015

Via reliefweb: Syrians, Afghans and Iraqis: top citizenships – “In 2015, 1 255 600 first time asylum seekers applied for international protection in the Member States of the European Union (EU), a number more than double that of the previous year. The number of Syrians seeking international protection has doubled in 2015 compared with the previous …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Economy, Education, Financial System, Government Documents, Health Care, Housing, Legal Research

The Political Economy of Corporate Financial Regulatory Legislation

Wilt, Michael Patrick, The Political Economy of Corporate Financial Regulatory Legislation (February 19, 2016). John Marshall Law Review, Vol. 49, No. 3, 2016. Available  for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2734991 “Every few years over the last several decades, Congress has been faced with the question of how to best regulate corporate financial activities. In the late …

Subjects: Congress, Economy, Financial System, Legislation

Cognition without Cortex

Have you ever lived with a mynah bird, a crow, a parrot(s)? “Cognition without Cortex” by Onur Güntürkün and Thomas Bugnyar in Trends in Cognitive Sciences. Published online March 1 2016 doi:10.1016/j.tics.2016.02.001 “Cognition in corvids and parrots reaches the same level of excellence and diversity as in apes. Among others, bird cognition encompasses abilities such …

Subjects: Knowledge Management