Although interest in the field of public health law has dramatically increased over the past two decades, there remain significant challenges in communicating and sharing public health law-related knowledge. Access to quality information, which may assist in a public health department's efforts to protect the public's health, welfare, and safety, varies widely from jurisdiction to jurisdiction,...

the debate over the contribution of the internet to democracy is farfrom settled. some point to the empowering effects of online discussionand fund raising on recent electoral campaigns in the us to argue thatthe internet will restore the public sphere. others claim that the internetis just a virtual mall, a final extension of global capitalism into everycorner of our lives. this paper argues f...

Financial innovation has increased diversification opportunities and lowered investment costs, but has not reduced the relative cost of active (informed) investment strategies relative to passive (less informed) strategies. What are the consequences? I study an economy with linear production technologies, some more risky than others. Investors can use low quality public information or collect h...

The purpose of this article is to show that, contrary to neoliberal belief, social welfare services and spending cannot be regarded as a cost whose funding should depend on wealth created by the private sector. Social welfare services and spending should be instead recognised as the driving force behind a development dynamics based on knowledge-intensive production and behind an economy whose m...

Broad evaluation of the financial consequences of social programs has been somewhat of an orphan stepchild of policy analysis, especially within states. A full benefitcost analysis is expensive and complex to implement, requiring that evaluators reach far beyond the immediate framework of the program to consider the effects of choices made across a wide programmatic and social spectrum. It take...

access to the right to the highest attainable level of health is a constitutional right that obliges governments and other players to take step to increase all individuals' chances of obtaining good health. at the least, health and education are two crucial requirements for this as well. iran's vision 2025 is going to lead the country to a developed state with the highest rank of economic, scie...