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Tikkun (2016) 31 (1): 73.
Published: 01 January 2016
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Tikkun (2010) 25 (3): 11–12.
Published: 01 June 2010
... there! ■ Immigration: Don’t Let “Reform” Be an Excuse for Increased Repression HE DEEPLY FLAWED PLAN FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM lower-skilled immigrants who are apparently expected to send put forward by Senator Chuck Schumer of New York their money home, providing American farmers...
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Published: 01 August 2011
Wages are no longer increasing as they did from 1820 through 1970. As unemployment rates soar, Americans are struggling to make ends meet. Here people line up for a hot meal at Our Daily Bread Employment Center in Baltimore, Maryland. Credit: Creative Commons/Jim Stipe. More
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Published: 01 November 2012
Creative Commons/Claude Vignon With the development of agriculture, the egalitarianism of early human societies gave way to increasing inequality. This painting by Claude Vignon depicts King Croesus, a fifth-century ruler whose wealth became legendary. More
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Published: 01 January 2011
Today’s student protestors at Berkeley have impressed Michael Nagler with their cross-generational solidarity: here students protest cutbacks on pensions for nonacademic university staff, as well as student fee increases, at a UC Regents meeting on November 17, 2010. More
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Published: 01 August 2013
Creative Commons/Ken Hodge Both major political parties in Australia have agreed to indefinitely detain some asylum seekers as a deterrent to others. This detention facility at Defense Base Darwin was adapted in 2005 to incarcerate an increasing number of undocumented fishermen. More
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Published: 01 January 2015
Trond Viken/Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs What would it be like if global financial institutions followed Bhutan’s lead in prioritizing Gross National Happiness? Here, Bhutan’s prime minister meets with Norway’s minister of international development to discuss efforts to increase happiness More
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Tikkun (2009) 24 (5): 6.
Published: 01 October 2009
... IS PLANNING include increased investments in research to prevent the diseases to do with the health care system? that are driving up Medicare and Medicaid costs, like Alzheimer’s The lawmakers’ goals seem clear: Extend basic and diabetes.) health care...
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Tikkun (2009) 24 (5): 23–25.
Published: 01 October 2009
... continue with business as usual, rising global tempera­ tures, growing resource shortages, and increasing envi­ ronmental degradation will cause the catastrophic collapse of major ecosystems and the global economy. HAverage global temperatures are now less...
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Tikkun (2008) 23 (1): 38–41.
Published: 01 January 2008
..., and terrorist attacks to increase, and security to decrease. Americans know the rest of of rest the know Americans decrease. security to and increase, to attacks terrorist and terrorism, to re­ anger, causing cruitment policies are Unilateral as 2003. in as many times over 20,000,100...
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Tikkun (2010) 25 (1): 17–23.
Published: 01 January 2010
... are poor because they lack incentives. He claimed that pooi- peoples noble drive to get rich is eroded by social programs that permit them to survive or, in his term, “ffeeload.” In this framework, income tax cuts increase the incentive to work and get rich, so all are ex­ pected to benefit from...
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Tikkun (2010) 25 (3): 13–18.
Published: 01 June 2010
... provisions within the bill that are positive steps: comparative effectiveness research; funding for demonstration projects to improve care; a new em­ phasis on prevention, wellness, and public health; increased funding for community health centers; and incentives for prim ary care providers...
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Tikkun (2009) 24 (5): 27–28.
Published: 01 October 2009
... (as about 17 percent of U.S. milk cows are) has been found to have ASK THE AUTHOR! up to ten times the amount of insulin growth factor-1 (IGF-l), which studies have linked to October 26: Conrad M iller increased incidence of breast, prostate, and colon cancer. Yet forces...
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Tikkun (2008) 23 (1): 47–49.
Published: 01 January 2008
..., such as premiums increasing by three and four times the rates of cost-of-living and median family income. Pro- jections show that, at this rate, premiums alone will consume all of household incomes by 2025...
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Tikkun (2015) 30 (3): 24–26.
Published: 01 August 2015
... agriculture, have contributed to both. If no action is taken to reduce greenhouse gases, we could experience a catastrophic temperature increase of four degrees Celsius by the end of the century. But climate change is not just about global warming. It’s also about the intensification of droughts, floods...
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Tikkun (2010) 25 (3): 6.
Published: 01 June 2010
... in the September/ costs of extending access is “paid for” by Medicare cost reductions October 2009 issue argued that “the perfect should and by increases in taxes on the wealthy. not be the enemy of the good” in adopting health care So, true comprehensive health care reform is just...
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Tikkun (2015) 30 (3): 54–55.
Published: 01 August 2015
... to examine end-of-life care increases the harm inflicted upon patients. I witnessed this process firsthand when, as the chief medical officer of a small community hospital, I saw patients with terminal disease and advanced age suffer the most invasive treatments in intensive care units. One aging patient...
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Tikkun (2009) 24 (2): 38–40.
Published: 01 April 2009
... defaulted that of mean Creation. well-being economic can accessand of if inequalities ownership benefits. Extreme equal not for this work). In contrast w ith the then-dom inant assum ption th a t increases in the supply...
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Tikkun (2009) 24 (1): 87–88.
Published: 01 January 2009
... household income: the wealthiest 1 percent enjoy an average level of wealth almost 200 times as great as the median U.S. household—a rise of roughly 50 percent since the 1970s. These sharp increases in inequalities of income and wealth have not been mitigated by increased social or income...
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Tikkun (2009) 24 (1): 88–89.
Published: 01 January 2009
.... household—a rise of roughly 50 percent since the 1970s. These sharp increases in inequalities of income and wealth have not been mitigated by increased social or income mobility. On the contrary, U.S. intergenerational mobility decreased significantly over the last 25 years; our society now...