On 5-6 September 2012 SUERF held its 30th Colloquium "States, Banks, and the Financing of the Economy" at the University of Zürich, Switzerland. The papers included in this SUERF Study are based on contributions to the Colloquium. All the chapters in this publication discuss from different...

Se desarrolla una radiografía de los grupos vulnerables que deben ser prioritarios para la inversión social en el buen gobierno.

Se pone a discusión una serie de reflexiones finales sobre la agenda pendiente y el buen gobierno necesario para ponerla en práctica.

Se propone una genda para guiar el esfuerzo gubernamental, señalando los desafíos pendientes y medios con los que se podrían enfrentar.

Through over 1,100 programs, the federal government provides one-fourth of all revenue spent by state and local governments. This creates a dependency upon the federal government, requires local and state governments to conform with federal policies and priorities, and perpetuates demands for...

The new conventional wisdom holds that a large increase in the minimum wage would be desirable policy. Advocates for this policy dismiss the traditional concern that such an increase would lower employment for many of the low-skilled workers that the increase is intended to help. Recent economic...

Medicare expenditures as a share of gross domestic product (GDP) are now six times larger than they were in 1967. Forecasts for the next 75 years show that almost $1 of every $5 of GDP could be spent on Medicare. That is unaffordable. Without intervention, Medicare's share of GDP will force some...

Our U.S. Federal government faces significant obstacles in effectively connecting the dots of knowledge held in the minds of numerous individuals working for different organizational units. Resulting from increasingly turbulent global events, challenges exist in knowing new knowledge – in...

Historically, people and their governments have not understood or been prepared for the social, economic, and political instability that can result from energy scarcity or deterioration of the environment. Rapa Nui (Easter Island) is an example from centuries ago where an isolated population...

Attached is STPI’s, “Analytical Support to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) on the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Program Assessment.” The document comprises seven sections, each one corresponding to a specific...