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2009

Public Policy

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Drogas, Libertad Y Mercado. Una Entrevista Con Gary Becker, Javier Martín Reyes, Gabriel Estrada Escalante Aug 2009

Drogas, Libertad Y Mercado. Una Entrevista Con Gary Becker, Javier Martín Reyes, Gabriel Estrada Escalante

Javier Martín Reyes

Interview with Gary Becker, Nobel-prize winning economist and Professor at the University of Chicago.


Citizen Employees, Richard R. Carlson Jan 2009

Citizen Employees, Richard R. Carlson

Richard R Carlson

“Citizen employees” are employees who favor the public interest even when doing so exposes them to the risk of retaliation by their employers. They are widely praised in the media, but laws for their protection are uneven, incomplete, and inadequate for their protection. This article proposes that lawmakers should recognize citizen employees as a distinct class for purposes of drafting and developing laws for their protection. This article also proposes that lawmakers should define the protected conduct of citizen employees broadly and with reference to a broad range of public interests, and that they should authorize the courts to develop …