By IP Progress WHO: Chintala Venkat Reddy, a farmer from Hyderabad, Telangana. THE CHALLENGE: Vitamin D—also known as the “sunshine vitamin”—plays a vital role in keeping our bodies healthy by promoting bone strength and supporting cardiovascular health. Adequate vitamin D levels are also crucial for a strong immune system. Although our bodies […]
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Zooming to class? Experimental study provides evidence on college students’ online learning during COVID-19
By The Institute of Labor Economics During the COVID-19 pandemic, many schools and universities had to pivot to online learning. However, there is little research on the causal effects of online learning compared to in-person instruction because most colleges and school districts choose to go either all in-person or online, or a hybrid for […]
Roll out Renewables before Biden’s Blackouts Roll in
ByOliver McPherson-Smith. American Consumer Institute Commuters in California will be familiar with radio ads that ask them to ration electricity when they get home from work. The campaign begs consumers to power down between 4 pm and 9 pm, when renewable energy generation dips and utilities struggle to power the grid. […]
A joint declaration on the importance of IPRs to Covid vaccine manufacturing scale-up and future pandemic preparedness
From the Geneva Network We are an informal coalition of civil society organisations that believes that continued collaboration between governments, international organisations, the private sector, and civil society is the fastest way to end the Covid-19 pandemic and kickstart stalled economic growth. Respect for intellectual property rights is key and will […]
Afghanistan, the F-35, and the Pentagon: An Opportunity for Conservatives to Rein in the Waste
By Robert Kuykendall With America’s longest war apparently – and finally – coming to an end, the Biden administrations faces critical decisions when it comes to the transition out of Afghanistan. Of particular importance, the lives and welfare of thousands of Afghan translators and their families depend on being granted safe passage to […]
Analyzing the Biden Administration’s Tech and Innovation Policy Agenda
By Bartlett Cleland, Pacific Research Institute While it took a couple of months for clarity to replace idle speculation, the Biden administration’s tech and innovation public policy agenda is increasingly clear. The forecast? Government with little chance of free markets. At his recent address to Congress President Biden highlighted “technologies of the future” […]
Competition Collapse: How Consolidation Threatens American Defense Innovation
By Kelli Kedis Ogborn The experience of American innovation is radically intertwined with American competition, so much so that competition might be considered the catalyst for innovation. Competition in the marketplace forces companies to think forward and think differently. This thinking-outside-the-box is indistinguishable, happily so, from the defining features of innovation and such […]
Sunlight Is The Cure For High Drug Prices
By Dr. Marion Mass Congress is considering legislation to rein in runaway drug prices. But any new law would be just political theater unless it shines a light on how pharmaceutical benefit managers (PBMs) manipulate drug pricing. We soothe ourselves with slogans about America’s free-market health care. The reality is very different. […]
Professional success: Strengthen your strengths or work on your weaknesses?
By Dr. Rainer Zitelmann Books on professional success often say that it is more important to strengthen your strengths rather than focusing on improving your weaknesses. On the one hand, they’re right, on the other, this doesn’t go far enough. It sounds logical – and it is: You shouldn’t waste your time trying […]
Humanized Artificial Intelligence Is Transforming The Market. Check It Out!
By Instituto Millenium, Brazil The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become increasingly common in our daily lives in the most diverse ways, whether to log in to a social network through facial recognition, for companies to optimize service, or even for autonomous cars. However, although AI appears to be efficient, the […]