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Latin America Initiative | Commentary

Pope Francis’ Election and Its Effect on Argentina’s Politics

The March 2013 election of Argentine Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio as the pope of the Roman Catholic Church has noticeably…

August 20, 2014

Center for Tax and Budget Policy | Research Paper

U.S. Supreme Court Unanimously Chooses Substance Over Form in Foreign Tax Credit Case: Implications of the PPL Decision for the Creditability of Cash-flow Taxes

This paper examines the effects of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that a one-time retroactive British “Windfall Tax” levied on…

August 20, 2014

Claudio X. González Center for the US and Mexico | Issue Brief

U.S.-Mexico Academic Mobility: Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities

Academic mobility is critical for robust collaborations in education, research and innovation between the U.S. and Mexico…

August 20, 2014

Health Economics | Center for Health Policy | Newsletter

Health Policy Research Newsletter — Sept. 2014

Substantial health care savings can be achieved by reducing complications from cancer surgery, writes Marah Short, associate…

August 17, 2014

Latin America Initiative | Commentary

Marijuana Decriminalization in the Caribbean

Governments of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) have called for a discussion on the decriminalization of…

August 15, 2014

Drug Policy | Policy Brief

Marijuana Legalization and Decriminalization: A Paradigm Shift in Federal Policy

Marijuana decriminalization and legalization have gone past being a trend and are settling in as federal policy, writes…

August 15, 2014

Latin America Initiative | Commentary

The Challenges of Municipal Solid Waste Management in Latin America

Achieving the decentralization of citizen responsibility is the biggest challenge not only in waste management but also in…

August 13, 2014

Commentary

Hillary Clinton on Obama’s Foreign Policy: What’s So Bad About “Don’t Do Stupid Stuff”

Fellow Joe Barnes looks at the kerfuffle arising from former secretary of state Hillary Clinton’s critical — much-publicized…

August 13, 2014

Latin America Initiative | Commentary

Institutional Democracy and Social Conflicts in Peru

Economic growth in recent years has not translated to improvements in the quality of life for most Peruvians. On the…

August 13, 2014

Drug Policy | Journal

Explaining Dimensions of State-Level Punitiveness in the United States: The Roles of Social, Economic, and Cultural Factors

States with large African-American populations are more likely to have harsher incarceration practices, worse conditions of…

August 13, 2014