Quality care for LGBT patients
In the December 2017 issue of the Health Policy Research newsletter, Michael Kauth, director of the Veterans Health…
December 1, 2017 5516 Results
Latin America Initiative | Commentary
A Scandal Tarnishes Costa Rica’s Reputation for Democratic Stability A scandal that involves high-ranking officials from Costa Rica's three branches of government is testing the country's…
December 1, 2017 
“Islamic Finance” After State-sponsored Capitalist Islamism
The impending demise of petrodollar-supported capitalist Islamism, the failures of which begat 21st century terrorist…
December 1, 2017 
Are Consumption Taxes Really Regressive?
Many argue that sales and excise taxes are regressive based on the strict relationship between annual income and taxes paid…
November 30, 2017 
NAFTA Renegotiations: Constraints and Likely Outcome
The most likely future for NAFTA is neither continuity — that is off the table as per U.S. goals — nor a “modernized”…
November 29, 2017 
Heaven and Health: How Black, Latino, and Korean Christians View the Relationship Between Faith and Health
The authors compare views on the relationship between faith and health for two groups that are overrepresented in American…
November 28, 2017 Boko Haram: From Nigerian Preachers to the Islamic State’s West African Province November 27, 2017
The militant Islamist group Boko Haram has terrorized Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, for almost two decades. The…
Latin America Initiative | Issue Brief
The Consequences of Preferential Trade Agreements: Lessons for U.S.-Latin America Trade Relations While academic and popular debates tend to focus on differential benefits and costs of trade across countries or industries…
November 21, 2017 
Nonlinear Taxation in an Economy With Heterogeneous Firms and Heterogeneous Households
In an economy with heterogeneous firms and heterogeneous consumers, the authors describe a general equilibrium where firm…
November 21, 2017 Security in Mexico: A Presentation by Genaro Garcia Luna November 20, 2017
One of Mexico’s greatest challenges is the absence of the rule of law, which has fostered corruption, poor government…