Academic Accomplishments within the Free Trade Debate

Misrepresentation of academic accomplishments by applicants for gastroenterology fellowships.

OBJECTIVE To determine whether two applicants who misrepresented their accomplishments in applications for gastroenterology fellowships reflected isolated incidents or whether misrepresentation was more wide-spread. DESIGN Retrospective review of all 236 applications submitted for fellowship in a recent year for confirmation of research experience and cited publications. RESULTS 138 applica...

Informing the Public Debate: Academic Research on Crime and Casinos

The Food Aid Debate in Trade and Development

It is generally agreed that making progress towards eradicating hunger worldwide is a moral obligation for the richer countries of the world. The instrument known as food aid is widely regarded as an important vehicle for providing assistance to needy countries. However, fresh debates in the present Doha round of WTO negotiations have brought a renewed interest in food aid issues. The Doha roun...

The Debate about Trade: Some small steps towards one

Free Trade and the Environment

what should environmentalists say about free trade? Many environmentalists object to free trade by appealing the " Race to the Bottom Argument. " This argument is inconclusive, but there are reasons to worry about unrestricted free trade's environmental effects nonetheless; the rules of trade embodied in institutions such as the World Trade Organization may be unjustifiable. Programs to compens...