Group Policy

of policy briefs and how important they are Analyzing policy problems can take a great deal of research and analyses. Policy reports or papers will have various discussions from the problem background to the conclusion chapter. They need to report the process before coming to the conclusions and recommendations. This whole process should be presented to ensure that the conclusions and recommendations are based on critical rigorous analyses. Therefore, when it comes to the writing, a policy…

The Semi-Sacred Role of Public Opinion in the United States Public opinion is a collection of individual opinions and reflects majority beliefs. This means that one must interview different individuals and add their opinions in order to have a public opinion. Public opinion is a reflection of the beliefs of the majority in that it is based on what majority of the people think (Glynn, Herbst, Okeefe and Shapiro, p. 11). Opinions of friends, neighbours and co-workers are reported in such a way…

Trumps Economic Policy: Economic policy refers to the actions that governments take in the economic field. It covers the systems for setting levels of taxation, government budgets, the money supply and interest rates as well as the labor market, national ownership, and many other areas of government interventions into the economy. A government has many aspects of economic components. Some of them are listed below: •Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy. •Trade policy. •Policies related to…

Linking cash transfer to Herbert Simon’s bounded rational theory (Group component): The government of India had actually three policy choices to be made - Policy 1- whether to completely go for cash transfer for all the social welfare programs (including for food distribution). Policy 2- whether to continue with the existing “in kind” subsidies and no cash transfer. Policy 3- whether to partially go for cash transfer for some benefits like scholarship, old age pension etc and continue…

1920’s when capitalism/ industrialism took flight within the country. I showed that even with tax revenues in certain sections being doubled because of new tax policies, it still leads to increased wealth inequality which allowed the Great Depression to be a lot more brutal for individuals at the bottom. • After analyzing the 1920’s tax policies, I then compared it to modern…

Japan has initiated an economic policy known as “Abenomics”, through the “three arrows” of monetary easing, a flexible fiscal policy, and structural reform. This policy has successfully stabilized the yen exchange rate, helped business confidence and fattened the stock market. Japan’s economy is the third largest economy in the world in terms of Growth Domestic Product (GDP). In 2015, Japan’s GDP reach an astonishing $5.46 trillion AUD (World Bank), ranking in third behind China in second…

asking important questions and developing methods to solve issues. My chosen PhD major, Public Affairs, provided me with an opportunity to fulfil this passion and gain knowledge and expertise in topics related to public administration, management and policy. I also have a passion for finding the best practical and programmatic ways to address day to day needs and make the public sector work more efficiently and effectively. My overall GPA during my PhD is 3.9 on a 4.0 scale. My GPA in my major…

In the textbook, “Family Policy Matters: How Policymaking Affects Families and What Professionals Can Do, 3rd edition” written by Karen Bogenschneider (2014), she discusses family policy. Currently, there is an absence of a clear and consistent definition of family policy. On a large scale, family policy can include everything that the government does to and for the family. In 1987, Moen and Schorr defined family policy as, “a widely agreed-on set of objectives for families, toward the…

David Post, a professor of education policy at Pennsylvania State University, investigated a hypothetical approach, that some would consider a solution to student debt, which in this case is, free tuition. His specialty is the topic of accessibility of higher education with Latin American countries and their national polities and cultures. With his background, he looked into policy in Ecuador that deems higher education to be considered “free” and found that…

Dead Peasant Insurance Policies It seems there are no easy answers regarding the issue of dead peasant insurance policies. These insurance policies are ones employers take out on their employees. When the employee dies, the employer is able to receive money from the insurance company (Kim). There are several different aspects of these insurance policies one must consider when attempting to determine if they are cause for public concern. One should think about how these policies function and whom…