We Need to Know … Now!

We Need to Know … Now!

I t's time we complete the risk assessment of participation in contact sports, especially in that cornerstone of American culture: football. There is good research on the incidence, cost, and long-term consequences of anterior cruciate ligament tears, shoulder dislocations, and ankle sprains. However, we are just starting to elucidate these matters for head trauma, concussion, and chronic traum...

What do we know? What do we need to know?

What We Know and What We Need to Know

Drawing on recent literature, the paper argues that institutions and political economy factors hold the key to understanding why some countries have succeeded in developing their financial systems while others have not. The paper also reviews new evidence which suggests that institutional quality may influence the effectiveness of financial development in delivering economic growth. These new f...

What we know now that we didn't know then.

Physician scientists: We need to act now.