Does Energy Dependence Threaten the State Economy?

Does Productivity Growth Threaten Employment?

Is productivity growth inimical to employment? Canonical economic theory says no, but much recent economic theory says ‘maybe’ — that is, rapid advances in machine capabilities may curtail aggregate labor demand as technology increasingly encroaches on human job tasks. We explore the relationship between productivity growth and employment using countryand industry-level data for 19 countries ov...

Does Memory Modification Threaten Our Authenticity?

One objection to enhancement technologies is that they might lead us to live inauthentic lives. Memory modification technologies (MMTs) raise this worry in a particularly acute manner. In this paper I describe four scenarios where the use of MMTs might be said to lead to an inauthentic life. I then undertake to justify that judgment. I review the main existing accounts of authenticity, and pres...

Does comparative-effectiveness research threaten personalized medicine?

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Does tuberculosis threaten our ageing populations?

BACKGROUND The global population is ageing quickly and our understanding of age-related changes in the immune system suggest that the elderly will have less immunological protection from active tuberculosis (TB). DISCUSSION Ongoing global surveillance of TB notifications shows increasing age of patients with active TB. This effect of age is compounded by changes to clinical manifestations of ...

Does a mature AIDS epidemic threaten growth ?