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Hacked climate emails: conspiracy or tempest in a teapot?
Nov 21st, 2009 - The Christian Science Monitor
For all its gee-whiz discoveries and its influence on public policy, science can be a messy, sometimes ugly enterprise. When the science is paleontology, astronomy, or geophysics...
Can measures announced in Queen's speech save Gordon Brown?
Nov 18th, 2009 - guardian.co.uk
Parents today were promised new rights to demand their children get a high quality education as the government used the last Queen's speech before a election to unveil a set of legally binding guarantees for the delivery of public services.Nine US States Face California-Type Budget Crisis, Pew Says
Nov 11th, 2009 - Bloomberg
Nov. 11 (Bloomberg) -- At least nine U.S. states facesimilar fiscal strains brought on by the global recession asthose that left California on the brink of insolvency fourmonths ago...
Can pets catch H1N1 flu from humans?
Nov 9th, 2009 - The Times of India
Acase of an indoor 13-year-old house cat in Iowa who has contracted the deadlyH1N1 flu while living with two flu-sick owners has fuelled concerns if theillness can spread from humans to animals .
College: More expensive than ever
Oct 20th, 2009 - CNNMoney
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- College costs are higher than ever, according to a new report, putting a degree even further out of reach for many Americans. Tuition and fees at private 4-year schools rose 4.4% in the current school year to $26,273...
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2:24:33The Mortgage Meltdown, The Economy, and Public Policy (Part 1)
Welcome and Opening Remarks Stuart Gabriel, UCLA John Quigley, UC Berkeley The Policy Maker's Perspective on the Financial Meltdown and the Economy Janet Yellen, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Stuart Gabriel, UCLA, Moderator The Future of the Housing Finance System Nancy Wallace ...
52:17Childhood Obesity and Public Policy
February 21, 2008 presentation by Lisa Chamberlain, Sophia Yen, and Michelle Oppen for the Stanford School of Medicine Medcast lecture series. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that the percentage of children who are overweight has more than tripled since 1980 ...
52:37Policy Talks@Google: Ronaldo Lemos
Ronaldo Lemos discusses "Cultural Production and Digital Inclusion in Developing Countries" on November 2, 2007.
1:31:48The Mortgage Meltdown, The Economy, and Public Policy (Part 2)
Are Government Agencies Up To The Task? Anthony Downs, Brookings Institution, Moderator Panelists: Robert Van Order, University of Michigan Susan Wachter, University of Pennsylvania John Weicher, Hudson Institute Susan Woodward, Sand Hill Econometrics urbanpolicy.berkeley.edu
