In 2009, when President Obama placed healthcare at the top of his agenda, the weight of healthcare costs on individuals was a driving media narrative. Stories about families losing their homes to pay for cancer treatments added a human face to the fact that me... More »
Low turnout among young voters in the United States has recently garnered attention, prompting policymakers and political scientists to design electoral reforms aimed at bringing young Americans into the public decision-making process. The most common strategi... More »
A diferencia de lo que sucede en la política, en el ámbito científico hay consenso sobre la existencia del cambio climático como consecuencia de la acción humana. En particular, las islas son más propensas a sufrir los efectos del aumento en la temperatura ter... More »
Sino-American relations have long been fraught with complexity. Although fundamental economic, security, and foreign policy differences persist, there is a deep financial relationship between the world’s two largest economies. Currently, the United States and ... More »
Economic theory holds up competition as an ideal way for society to allocate limited resources. Although competition is often discussed in terms of equilibrium supply and demand in a given market, the strategic allocation of resources also has significant cons... More »
Global poverty has been decreasing over the past two decades as a result of fast-paced economic growth. The number of people living in extreme poverty, which is defined as a household subsisting on less than $1.90 a day, fell by more than 60 percent over this ... More »
Since the beginning of the civil conflict in Syria, 2.7 million refugees have fled to Turkey, which hosts the greatest number of Syrian refugees in the world. Despite Turkey’s support hosting Syrian refugees, long-term integration efforts still need to be deve... More »
Improving the quality of education worldwide continues to be a policy challenge. Recently, UNESCO estimated that 38 percent of children have not mastered the basics of reading and math, although over half of them have been in school for four years. One of the ... More »
Violence against women has long been and continues to be a widespread social problem across the globe. Statistics from UN Women—an United Nations entity dedicated to the empowerment of women—show that 35 percent of women worldwide have experienced either sexua... More »
Since 2015, the Mexican Peso has been the second most depreciated currency among emerging countries. This depreciation is mostly due to the operating and liquidity conditions of the currency, since it can be traded twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, w... More »
En México, del total del presupuesto asignado a la salud, aproximadamente el 2% esta destinado a la salud mental y, de ese porcentaje, 80% es asignado a hospitales que proveen servicios de nivel altamente especializado (servicios terciarios o de tercer nivel)... More »
La violencia doméstica es un fenómeno tan común como complejo. La Organización Mundial de la Salud reporta que, de las mujeres que han estado en una relación sentimental, 30% ha sufrido alguna forma de violencia física o sexual por parte de su pareja. Múltiple... More »