How can ecological urbanism promote human health?

Second thoughts: how human cloning can promote human dignity.

How Rent Seeking Can Promote Efficiency

If government offers a prize to firms, each may likely lobby to be the beneficiary. The heavy lobbying may signal to government that the prize is too large, inducing government to cancel the policy. ∗Professor of Economics, University of California–Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697. E-mail: [email protected]. Telephone: 949-824-5974.

How Wealth Accumulation Can Promote Cooperation

Explaining the emergence and stability of cooperation has been a central challenge in biology, economics and sociology. Unfortunately, the mechanisms known to promote it either require elaborate strategies or hold only under restrictive conditions. Here, we report the emergence, survival, and frequent domination of cooperation in a world characterized by selfishness and a strong temptation to d...

How litigation can promote product safety.

PART 1: PUBLIC HEALTH 551 How Litigation Can Promote Product Safety Jon S. Vernick, Jason W. Sapsin, Stephen P. Teret, and Julie Samia Mair Injuries are an important public health problem in the United States. Litigation against manufacturers or sellers of dangerous products can reduce the risk of future product-related injuries. A framework is presented to describe the mechanism for the succes...

How can health services

Background Homelessness affects many people in contemporary society with consequences for individuals and the wider community. Homeless people experience poorer levels of general physical and mental health than the general population and there is a substantial international evidence base which documents multiple morbidity. Despite this, they often have problems in obtaining suitable health care...