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Behavioral Responses To Public Insurance Programs: Three Essays, Timothy F. Page
Behavioral Responses To Public Insurance Programs: Three Essays, Timothy F. Page
Doctoral Dissertations
Evaluating the effectiveness of public programs requires an understanding of how these programs affect the choices of individuals and households. For example, the program design of Social Security and Medicare may affect how much people work. While these effects are not intended goals of the programs, proper evaluation of these programs requires analyzing costs and benefits from all sources, even those that may be unintended. Given the growing number of uninsured individuals, currently 47 million, policy makers are considering an expanded role for government in the provision of health insurance. With any expansion may come secondary effects, such as those …
The Fallacy Of Endless Growth: Exposing Capitalism's Insustainability, William S. Strauss
The Fallacy Of Endless Growth: Exposing Capitalism's Insustainability, William S. Strauss
Doctoral Dissertations
What if we were to have 100 years of no growth? What if conditions were such that there is no future scenario under which growth will ever occur again? We might characterize this as impossible, as a vision that violates the outcome that we as innovative people must realize.
In the document that follows I will show you our world as it must be sometime in the future. I will describe a world in which the real growth of the world economy is zero and remains zero. I will tell a story of a world that is so different from …
Economic And Environmental Considerations For Construction And Demolition (C&D) Debris Management And Policy, Andria Vachon
Economic And Environmental Considerations For Construction And Demolition (C&D) Debris Management And Policy, Andria Vachon
Master's Theses and Capstones
Construction and demolition (C&D) debris is a significant part of the waste stream in the United States. Recycling is increasingly becoming a more popular method of disposal due to both market and regulatory forces; however, most of the debris is still landfilled. C&D debris facilities handle materials with low value and have few market opportunities. Limited recycling opportunities may be available for hazardous materials. A survey of mixed material C&D recyclers in the United States is analyzed in this paper. Some topics of interest covered in the survey included: end uses and markets for recycled materials; technological processes utilized by …