Gen Z ’s Mid-Life Crisis
By KIM BELLARD
These are not happy times in America.
Now, I’m not thinking about the increasing cultural wars, the endless political bickering, the troubles in the Med-East or Ukraine, the looming threat of climate crisis, or the omnipresent campaigning for the November 2024 elections, although all those play a part. I’m talking about quantifiable data, from the latest World Happiness Report. It found that America has slipped out of the top 20 countries for the first time, falling to 23rd – behind countries like Slovenia and the U.A.E. and barely ahead of Mexico or Uruguay.
Even worse, the fall in U.S. score...
Source: The Health Care Blog - March 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy Happiness Kim Bellard Mental Health Social Media Source Type: blogs
Endava to Acquire GalaxE Solutions to Boost Its Position in North America Healthcare With Delivery from India
Endava, a leading technology services company combining world-class engineering, industry expertise, and a people-centric mindset, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100% ownership of GalaxE Group, Inc. (GalaxE), a global IT and business solutions provider headquartered in New Jersey, United States.
Founded by Tim Bryan over 30 years ago, GalaxE has been singularly focused on driving digital transformation for Fortune 500 companies in the healthcare, financial services, and retail industries.
When completed, the transaction will add approximately 1,650 employees and provide several key strategic benefits to...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - March 21, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP BofA Securities Endava GalaxE GalaxE Group Inc. Health IT Acquisitions Healthcare M&A John Cotterell JP Morgan Securities LLC Tim Bryan White & Case LLP Source Type: blogs
Decline in Union Density No Cause for Worry
Daniel GriswoldUnion organizers have been winning a few battles to organize workers in coffee shops and distribution warehouses, but they continue to lose the war over the relative importance of unions in the private-sector labor market.This week the U.S.Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the share of private sector workers who belong to unions, the so-called “union density,” fell to another post-war low of 6.0 percent in 2022. The number of workers in private-sector unions actually grew last year, but not enough to keep up with the overall growth in private-sector employment.The decline in union membership isn ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - January 20, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Daniel Griswold Source Type: blogs
U.S. Can ’t Afford Another Decade Without New Free Trade Agreements
Clark PackardAs 2022 winds down, it is worth noting that it has now been ten years since the United States entered into a free trade agreement (FTA) with new trading partners. Despite claims that the United States is a “hyperglobalist,” the reality is much different. In fact, as Adam Posen of the Peterson Institute for international economicsnoted in his excellentForeign Affairs essay last year, the United States has been withdrawing from international economic integration for about 20 years. The consequences of a stagnant trade agenda will become more apparent and pronounced as time passes.In 2012, U.S....
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 20, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Clark Packard Source Type: blogs
A student ’s volunteer experience at a mobile outreach clinic
In my junior year of high school, I applied for and went on an educational mission trip to the Dominican Republic. Being the son of Uruguayan immigrants, I felt at home in the rural setting while my many classmates marveled at their first view of a culture different from theirs. On that trip, my ability […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - May 8, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/juan-arnoletti" rel="tag" > Juan Arnoletti < /a > < /span > Tags: Education Primary Care Source Type: blogs
Women ’s Rights Are Improving Worldwide
Ian V ásquez andGuillermina Sutter SchneiderThe World Bank recently released its latest“Women, Business and the Law” annual report that gathers some 50 years of data evaluating dozens of legal indicators regarding women’s rights in 190 countries. For each country, it answers questions such as “Can a woman choose where to live in the same way as a man?” and “Can a woman register a business in the same way as a man?”We looked at 19 of the report ’s indicators that we felt best measured gender equality (we left out some indicators—e.g., on whether the government administers 100% of maternity leave be...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 4, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Ian V ásquez, Guillermina Sutter Schneider Source Type: blogs
Biden ’s Trade Policy Options Constrained by Domestic Politics and Geopolitics
Daniel J. IkensonPresident Trump ’s trade policy has been defined by protectionism, cronyism, and mean‐spiritedness. President Biden’s will be more polite.On substance, geopolitics and domestic politics are sure to crowd out economic considerations in shaping U.S. trade policy. The best we can hope for is that Biden ’s team will be resolute and more competent managing an increasingly adversarial relationship with China—a priority which will shape all major U.S. trade policy decisions for years to come.Of course, President Biden will be advised to restore some semblance of trade normalcy. But let ’s not forge...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - November 10, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Daniel J. Ikenson Source Type: blogs
Which Human Experiences Are Universal?
By Emma Young
As everyone knows, American undergrads are not representative of all humanity — and the perils of drawing conclusions about people in general from WEIRD studies have been well-publicised. To really understand which human experiences are universal, and which are a product of our individual cultures, we need big, well-conducted studies of people from many different cultures. Fortunately, there are studies like this. Here are some of their most fascinating insights…
Personal space
How big is your “personal space”? As a Brit, I’d expect mine to be larger than that of th...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - September 15, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Cross-cultural Feature Source Type: blogs
Voting on WTO Withdrawal
Simon LesterNext month, Congress may be voting on resolutions to withdraw from the World Trade Organization (WTO). In the Senate, the vote is based on a joint resolution introduced by Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO). Politicoreports the following:The Senate parliamentarian has ruled that Sen. Josh Hawley (R ‐Mo.) is entitled to a vote on his resolution to withdraw from the World Trade Organization in late July, after the Senate returns from a two ‐week recess.…… Hawley would be entitled to a vote on a motion to proceed to his resolution on the first day when the Senate is back from its rec...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - June 23, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Simon Lester Source Type: blogs
Agriculture Purchase Commitments Under the U.S.-China Trade Deal: The Case of Beef
Simon Lester andHuan ZhuYesterday, President Trump and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He signed a " phase one "U.S.-China trade deal. A " phase two " deal may be coming, although the timing is unclear, and many people (including us) are skeptical that it will happen any time soon. There are some technical and complicated parts of the phase one deal, and it will take some time to digest it all and come up with an overall evaluation. But it ' s worth exploring some specific aspects right away. One of the most talked about parts of the phase one deal is the commitments by China to purchase large amounts of U.S. products, including ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - January 16, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Simon Lester, Huan Zhu Source Type: blogs
Protectionist Love Child of the Labor Left and the Nationalist Right
Daniel J. IkensonPresident Trump famously called the North American Free Trade Agreement “the worst trade deal ever made.” Bygones. The need to debate that claim has been mooted by the fact that NAFTA’s likely successor—the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement—now holds that distinction.There ’s a reason that neither “Free” nor “Trade” appears in the agreement’s name. There isn’t much of any new trade liberalization in the deal. Then again, an agreement pursued with import reduction and supply chain repatriation as its main objectives was never going to be an exemplar of en lightened trade policy.I...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 13, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: Daniel J. Ikenson Source Type: blogs
Venezuela: The Biggest Humanitarian Crisis That You Haven't Heard Of
ConclusionThe Venezuelan emigration crisis is going to worsen before it improves. If the labor market and economic integration of Syrians refugees outside of Syria since 2011 can offer any lessons to South America, they are:Allow Venezuelans to legally work in host countries so that their employment and labor force participation rates rise.Deregulate labor markets generally because more legal work opportunities will reduce Venezuelan labor market competition with locals. Legal employment reduces the net cost of social services and charity as well as increases feelings of belonging and contentment among the emigrants.S...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - July 20, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: Alex Nowrasteh Source Type: blogs
CBD (Cannabidiol) 101
By DONNA SHIELDS
I’ve been a proponent of marijuana legalization since I heard about it in high school. I lived in the UK in the 1970s when it was not easily available! So I was a legalization proponent before I’d ever touched the stuff. Nearly four decades later, it’s legal in many states, Canada and Uruguay and most — but by no means all — of the drug war hysteria is recognized for the idiocy it is. But while anyone who’s got stone and had the munchies knows that pot is a good appetite enhancer and antiemetic, there are now a bunch of claims being made about cannabidiol (C...
Source: The Health Care Blog - July 12, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Patients Physicians Cannabidiol Cannabis Endocannabinoid Marijuana marijuana legalization Source Type: blogs
Unilateral Tariffs vs. The Rule of Trade Law: The Case of Trade Secrets
President Trump is seeking to apply tariffs to $50 billion of imports of some 1,300 products from China. He is targeting telecommunications and other high-technology sectors where he and others contend that American companies have, in effect, been forced to turn over their technology to Chinese partners – in some cases by revealing their trade secrets – in exchange for being allowed to do business in China and have access to the booming Chinese market. These tariffs are to be imposed outside the legal bounds of the WTO treaty through unilateral actions taken under Section 301 of the US Trade Ac t of 1974.For many of th...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 11, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: James Bacchus Source Type: blogs
Chinese Intellectual Property Policies Demand a Smart U.S. Trade Policy Response – One President Trump Doesn’t Appear to be Considering
Rumors abound that the Trump administration will soon pursue “significant” retaliatory actions in response to alleged Chinese intellectual property rights (IPR) violations, pursuant to “Section 301” of U.S. trade law. While Chinese government IPR policies are indeed cause for concern and while Section 301 does permit the U.S. executive branch to act u nilaterally in response to certain foreign trade actions, there is a smart and a not-so-smart approach to these issues, with the latter likely to be unintended by Congress, inconsistent with U.S. trade agreement obligations, ineffective, harmful for U.S. consumers and...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - January 2, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: Scott Lincicome Source Type: blogs
