Committee issues report on Bush Administration's Climate Science Plan

The Report of the Social Science Association Committee on Quarantine

Report on a conference sponsored by the NATO SCIENCE COMMITTEE

A Comparison of the Bush-Paulson Plan and a Plan Based on Mortgage Guarantees

I compare the Bush-Paulson plan of intervention in secondary markets for mortgage-backed securities (MBS) with an alternative based on insuring mortgages directly. Fully insuring mortgages achieves the same bottom-line effect as buying all outstanding MBS but instantaneously with no upfront costs. A plan based on partial insurance can match most effects of a partial Paulson-style intervention. ...

Climate. The Bush administration's approach to climate change.

A s a signatory to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the United States shares with many countries its ultimate objective: stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that prevents dangerous interference with the climate system. Meeting this UNFCCC objective will require a long-term commitment and international collaboration. Pres...

Gore and bush offer their views on science.

Such recognition, in turn, has focused attention on issues that contribute to the health of the U.S. scientific enterprise, from training the next generation of scientists and fostering innovation to improving management of the national labs and filling senior slots promptly. Science invited the Democratic and Republican nominees for president to present their views on some 20 topics chosen by ...