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should be a viable option. In the current economic climate, nearly everything is pushing against wage growth, but even conservative economists suggest higher wages might help speed economic recovery from the recession (Cooper). American Enterprise Institute scholar Desmond Lachman, a former managing director at Salomon Smith Barney, told The New York Times, “Corporations are taking huge advantage of the slack in the labor market—they are in a very strong position and workers are in a very weak…

Mar. 2014. Goodman, Amy, and Denis Moynihan. "Police Brutality, Mental Illness and ‘The Memphis Model’." Florida Weekly [Naples] 31 Oct. 2013, Naples ed.: n. pag. EBSCO. Web. 10 Mar. 2014. Lynch, Tim. "The Cato Institute's National Police Misconduct Reporting Project." Cato Insitute. Cato Institute, 21 Mar. 2014. Web. 21 Mar. 2014. Ostrovskii, Mikhail. Police Abuse of Power Have You Ever Been a Victim? Police Abuse of Power Have You Ever Been a Victim? N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Mar. 2014. Phakathi,…

Proponents of this belief say that it would result in job loss, it would hurt low-skilled workers, it would have little effect on reducing poverty, and it may result in higher prices for consumers. Several studies by Richard Freeman, Mark Wilson of the CATO Institute, and David Neumark provide conclusive evidence for the aforementioned reasons to not increase the minimum wage. Additionally, they provide insight as to why there are studies that produce empirical data in support of increasing the…

For the past week I have been researching on the topic on whether our department should sponsor an undergraduate Economics major at the California Institution for Women in Chino, as part of a larger UCLA prison education program. Through this memo I want to summarize my research and offer some recommendations to the department. Recently, the Education Department has been trying to lift a ban that was executed in 1994, a ban to limit education access to people in the prison. An experimental…

Pros of No Child Left Behind Does anyone ever want to see a child fail at anything? I am sure your answer is probably no? But several years ago a topic that has reared its ugly head has been the topic of conversation in many schools and even at many of the education boards at the highest level in Congress. We must make sure that all children have the same opportunities when it comes to learning. Children learn the most when they are in the early stages of education, primarily in the elementary…

Explore a current financial or legal dilemma that directly affect the advanced practice nurse. Describe the issue from a pro and con standpoint, identify the various stake holders and mechanisms for resolution that may occur. APRNs have been dealing with the different scope of practice in state and federal policies, old insurance reimbursement models, and institutional practices. The laws, policies and regulation around billing is especially concerning as they directly affect an APRN’s…

immigrants are taking all the jobs from the native-born American citizens. Moreover. he depicts the immigrants under DACA as violent and disruptive. However, this view is representative of the studies and estimates that have been predicted by Cato Institute. According to The Atlantic. the immigrants do not receive any federal benefits. Furthermore, the repeal of DACA will result in a two hundred and eighty billion dollar tax revenue for the government within ten years. Unlike President Trump’s…

Benefits, and Costs of Homeland Security.” Homeland Security Affairs 7, Article 16. Veronique, R. (2010). “The Economics of Homeland Security,” in Terrorizing Ourselves: Why U.S. Counterterrorism Policy Is Failing and How To Fix It,(eds). Washington, DC: Cato…

also requires them to set high educational standards for their students. That might sound like a good thing—until you realize the federal government must approve of state accountability measures on student achievement. As Neal McCluskey of the Cato Institute has…

Ethics and Social Responsibility Companies, such as Enron and WorldCom brought new awareness of the terms ethics and social responsibility. Thus, corporations are including ethics as part of the company’s strategic planning objectives (Cato Institute, 2013). This writing will assess the role of ethics and social responsibility in developing a corporate strategic plan. Further, the considerations of stakeholder needs, and agendas while developing said plan will also be addressed. In…