Marijuana Policy Project

Health policy can be defined as the "decisions, plans, and actions that are undertaken to achieve specific healthcare goals within a society (Heiman, Smith, McKool, Mitchell & Roth Bayer, 2016). It provides the context in and framework in which health care and public health systems operate. Most of the design and operation of the nation’s health care system is intertwined with the national economic and political environment (Williams & Torrens, 2008). An explicit health policy can achieve…

Dollarization is the replacement of a countries domestic currency with that of a foreign currency. Dollarization has occurred in several countries including, but not limited to, Panama, El Salvador, and Ecuador. For countries with volatile currencies, dollarization offers them the ability to stabilize their economy. While dollarization has its pros, it is not without its cons, and for Ecuador, this is no exception. In my initial discussion, I believed that dollarization was a positive move for…

The Forecasting for the June 15th financial instruments of the S&P 500, 10 year T-Notes (yield), the gold price, the oil (WTI), the unemployment rate, and the Euro. My reasoning for these instruments was a mix between guessing and little economic reasoning. Out of the 6 financial instruments I was closest to 10 year T-Notes (yield), and the oil (WTI). While the other four instruments I was either in the right direction or the market went in the opposite of what I predicted. On May 18th the S&P…

with a certain access permission is capable of passing that permission (perhaps indirectly) on to any other subject (unless restrained by mandatory access control)". 2. Why would you add permissions into a group instead of the individual? What policy definition do you think is required to support this type of access control implementation? User accounts are designed for individuals. Group…

I am applying for the Sociology and Education program at Columbia’s Teachers College because I feel that many attempts at making education better for marginalized communities, though well-intentioned, haven’t been able to reach their full potential. In India, for example, efforts like the Right to Education Act or teacher performance incentives in Andhra Pradesh have been ambitious ideas. And yet, because they haven’t been informed by the needs of the communities they hope to address, many…

The commonly perceived operation of a bank is fairly simply; a bank received deposits and holds them in trust The bank lends out the funds to generate income - the loanable funds model.. While this perceived intermediary role of a bank is fairly typical, it in fact does not illustrate the process and method by which banks hold deposited funds. The actual method is called Fractional reserve banking [FRB], in which banks are required to keep a fraction of the total reserves (deposits) held,…

Along with GDP. unemployment and inflation, there are other approaches that can be used to help build or slow down the economy if needed. Over the years, different economists have been going back and forth about which policy or approach may be best for the economy. There are several viewpoints about how to best stimulate our economy. The first is the classical approach. Classical economists (theorists) focus on the laissez-faire approach, meaning they want no outside…

that the current European debt crisis shares some similarities with Chinese economy of the 1930s. One of the most crucial issues of the euro crisis is the legitimacy of the European Central Bank. Some members, like Greece, argue that the monetary policy of euro only considers Germany’s interests, but neglects the interests of other member states. The early Republic of China experienced similar problems. At the beginning of the Nanjing decade, China was military unified, but was economical…

WASHINGTON — The Republicans said the Federal Reserve was secretive, ineffective and out of touch with the economic realities of ordinary Americans. The Democrats showered its policies with encomiums like “herculean.” And those were just the opening statements on Wednesday, as the Fed’s chairwoman, Janet L. Yellen, began two days of biannual testimony on Capitol Hill. Ms. Yellen functions as the nation’s economic weatherwoman, and on Wednesday, she sounded more worried than at her last public…

rules, and oversees this economic growth. These rules are called Economic Policy it is the actions that the government take in the economic field. The Government might want to achieve an objective of a low rate of price inflation. With the development…