major health programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid Social Security defense and security Interest on the national debt and various safety net programs such as low-income assistance comprise a sizable chunk of national expenditures, while other categories such as transportation and infrastructure spending...
How Does Inflation Impact the U.S. Dollar? Inflation tends to devalue a currency, as that currency experiences a deteriorating level of purchasing power during inflationary periods. If a currency is seen as losing purchasing power, it will more likely not be strongly demanded by ...
Increases in the supply of very cheap oil allowed many improvements to infrastructure. Electricity transmission lines, interstate highways, long distance oil and gas pipelines, and infrastructure supporting transport by air were all added. The economy became more productive. Figure 3 shows that the wag...
The interconnections between health and the economy are well known and well documented. The funding gap for realizing SDG3 for good health and well-being, however, remains vast. Simultaneously, economic growth, as expressed and measured in SDG8, continue
Mental well-being is regarded as a state of health where a person is able to address normal stresses in daily life. Recently, this state has been grasped as much attention as physical health. Obviously, there are several factors t...
One common thread in each of these cases is that inequality coupled with a lack of digital infrastructure leads to one inevitable and unsustainable outcome: the Matthew effect – the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. The Matthew effect is damaging at two levels: one, inequality in...
Cybersecurity risk is the probability of exposure or loss resulting fromcyber attacks,data breachesand othercyber threats. A more encompassing definition is the potential loss or harm to an IT infrastructure's or IT asset'sconfidentiality, integrity or availability. ...
Starting a business does require dedication, hard work and careful planning—there's no way around that. While it may not be easy, per se, with the right mindset, research, resources and tools like Wix, anyone can embark on the entrepreneurial journey. The rewards of building a successful ...
Infrastructure and energy services play a leading vital role in prospering an economy. Therefore, the internal influence mechanism between the two is a crucial issue that deserves the benefits of macroeconomic planning policies. By adopting the perpetual inventory method and data envelopment analysis, ...
While one may worry that this pattern simply reflects general differences in resources, we find no such heterogeneity along other county characteristics including the level of educational spending on instruction, school administrators, or the operation and maintenance of school infrastructure. All of ...