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Massive yet grossly underestimated global costs of invasive insects

Insects have presented human society with some of its greatest development challenges by spreading diseases, consuming crops and damaging ...

Child Care Spending Generates Massive Dividends

Major child care investments pay for themselves through a range of benefits, including improved child and family health, bolstered educational outcomes, and ...

Gen AI: too much spend, too little benefit? - Goldman Sachs

MIT's Daron. Acemoglu and GS' Jim Covello are skeptical, with Acemoglu seeing only limited US economic upside from AI over the next decade and ...

What happened to the $190 billion schools got in COVID aid?

A number of news and opinion pieces have suggested that federal money for schools is being poorly accounted for at best, and wasted at worst.

Trends in Prescription Drug Spending, 2016-2021 - ASPE - HHS.gov

KEY FINDINGS. • In 2021, the U.S. health care system spent $603 billion on prescription drugs, before accounting for rebates, of.

$412.9 Billion in Health Care Dollars - American Diabetes Association

Today, the American Diabetes Association® (ADA) published the Economic Costs of Diabetes in the U.S. in 2022 (Economic Report), ...

Most States Have Cut School Funding, and Some Continue Cutting

Most states provide less support per student for elementary and secondary schools — in some cases, much less — than before the Great Recession ...

China's Massive Belt and Road Initiative

Launched in 2013 by President Xi Jinping, the vast collection of development and investment initiatives was originally devised to link East Asia ...

Chronic diseases taking 'immense and increasing toll on lives ...

A new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) reveals that non-communicable diseases, or NCDs, are claiming around three quarters of all lives lost ...

World Mental Health Day: an opportunity to kick-start a massive ...

Joint release by the World Health Organization, United for Global Mental Health and the World Federation for Mental HealthMental health is ...

America's Most Costly Educational Failure | Cato Institute

The education establishment thinks the cure for what ails America's public schools is more money. But spending a fortune is no guarantee of better schools.

Arizona School Voucher Program Causes Budget Meltdown

Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, has spent so much money paying private schoolers' tuition that it's now facing hundreds of millions ...

Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 116th Congress ...

Text for H.R.1865 - 116th Congress (2019-2020): Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020.

Policy Responses to COVID-19 - International Monetary Fund (IMF)

This policy tracker summarizes the key economic responses governments are taking to limit the human and economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

[2021 Session] Safely Adjust Parole Practices to Reduce Massive ...

From 1983 to 2013, punishment in the United States became 165 percent harsher despite declining crime rates; as criminal penalties increased, ...

Addiction: What It Is, Causes, Symptoms, Types & Treatment

There are two main forms of addiction: substance use disorders and behavioral addictions. Addiction is treatable. It's crucial to seek help as soon as possible.

Missoula schools move forward with massive budget cuts

The district's board approved a plan to address a nearly $8 million budget shortfall caused by declining enrollment among the elementary schools.

Great Depression Facts - FDR Presidential Library & Museum

The Great Depression was a severe, world-wide economic disintegration symbolized in the United States by the stock market crash on Black Thursday, October 24, ...

Massive economic costs of biological invasions despite widespread ...

Knowledge gaps regarding economic costs produced by invasive alien species (IAS) are pervasive, particularly for emerging economies such as India-the fastest ...

So … You Want to Know How to Pass Actuarial Exams?

Follow the Money. Actuaries are responsible for massive amounts of other people's money. Billions of dollars. It makes sense for actuarial examinations to have ...