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Health Shocks Make Older People Move Home More Often

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Aging in place can be good for your health because it gives you a sense of community and independence (Grabowski, 2006). As they get older, they use even more space, especially when they’re in their 60s and 70s (Clark and Duerloo, 2006). These findings have important implications for policies.

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Resource Conflicts Fuels Support For Far-Right Parties

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They monitored the response to this change around the election of 2006, which was also when the policy was introduced. They find that while the presence of public housing was not enough to predict support for far-right parties in previous elections, this appeared to be more so in the 2006 election.

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Zero-Deforestation Pledges Are Largely Failing

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between 2006 and 2015. If supply chain policies intend to contribute to the task of tackling deforestation in Brazil, it’s crucial to expand zero-deforestation supply chain policies beyond soy,” they explain. Indeed, the researchers found that existing pledges have reduced tree clearance in the Amazon by just 1.6%

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Look at the Whole Board

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During Season 3, Episode 14 (Hartsfield’s Landing) of the hit TV series The West Wing (1999-2006), President Bartlet (Martin Sheen) and Sam Seaborn (Rob Lowe) talked about a foreign policy dilemma and how to negotiate a way forward that would avoid military conflict.

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More Policies, More Problems

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With so many written ethical policies, what could go wrong? The presence of complex ethical policies is often an indication that ethical problems might be below the surface. Gladwell (2006). Not just any code. This was a 64-page book given to all employees. Ciulla, J. Ethics: The heart of leadership (2nd ed.). The New Yorker.

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