Néstor Kirchner s presidency in Argentina challenged by laclaunian populism

Populism in guideline writing.

The Presidency

and it is clear at once that there is no such tradition. We have had two physicians in succession, or two surgeons?even two anaesthetists; but such a sequence as is suggested only once in the last fifty years. Two traditions, indeed, come down to us from the earliest years of the Society; one, that it accepts the nomination of the Committee, trusting that body to propose the worthiest candidate...

Rise of populism

S-carboxymethylcysteine normalises airway responsiveness in sensitised and challenged mice.

S-carboxymethylcysteine (S-CMC) has been used as a mucoregulator in respiratory diseases. However, the mechanism of action of S-CMC on allergic airway inflammation has not yet been defined. In the present study, BALB/c mice were initially sensitised and challenged to ovalbumin (OVA) and, weeks later, re-challenged with OVA (secondary challenge). S-CMC (5-100 mg.kg-1) was administered from 2 day...

Inefficient lobbying, populism and oligarchy

This paper analyses the efficiency consequences of lobbying in a production economy with imperfect commitment. We first show that the Pareto efficiency result found for truthful equilibria of common agency games in static exchange economies no longer holds under these more general conditions. We construct a model of pressure groups where the set of efficient truthful common-agency equilibria ha...