scholarly journals Can an Ageing Scotland Afford Independence?

2014 ◽  
Vol 227 ◽  
pp. R32-R39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katerina Lisenkova ◽  
Marcel Mérette
Keyword(s):  
Computable General Equilibrium ◽  
Population Ageing ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Ageing Population ◽  
Additional Increase ◽  
Tax Rate ◽  
Percentage Points ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Uk

The aim and scope of this paper is to isolate the effects of population ageing in the context of potential Scottish independence. A dynamic multiregional Overlapping Generations Computable General Equilibrium (OLG-CGE) model is used to evaluate the two scenarios. The status quo scenario assumes that Scotland stays part of the UK and all government expenditures associated with its ageing population are funded on a UK-wide basis. In the independence scenario, Scotland and the rest of the UK pay for the growing demands of their ageing populations independently. The comparison suggests that Scotland is worse off in the case of independence. The effective labour income tax rate in the independence scenario has to increase further compared with the status quo scenario. The additional increase reaches its maximum in 2035 at 1.4 percentage points. The additional rise in the tax rate is non-negligible, but is much smaller than the population ageing effect (status quo scenario) which generates an increase of about 8.5 percentage points by 2060. The difference for government finances between the status quo and independence scenarios is thus relatively small.

Debates over Irish unification will gain traction

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Political Agenda ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Northern Irish ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Status ◽  
Scottish Independence ◽  
The Uk

Significance The differing perspectives of unionists and nationalists on the creation of Northern Ireland as a political entity within the United Kingdom, together with Brexit and tensions over the Northern Ireland Protocol (NIP), have brought the contentious issue of Irish reunification onto the political agenda in Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic. Impacts Scottish independence would likely increase momentum for a referendum on Irish unity. Successful implementation of the NIP, giving firms access to EU and UK markets, may support arguments for maintaining the status quo. If the UK government abandons the NIP, the adverse trade impact on Northern Irish firms could increase support for unification.

scholarly journals DOUBLE INVOICING IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE: THE FRAUD AND NULLITY EXCEPTIONS IN LETTERS OF CREDIT – ARE THE AMERICA ACCORD AND THE UCP 500 CROOKS’ CHARTERS!?

2012 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-156
Author(s):  
Ademuni Odeke
Keyword(s):  
International Trade ◽  
White Collar ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Specific Reference ◽  
Bank Of Canada ◽  
The Status ◽  
Letters Of Credit ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Exchange Control ◽  
The Imf

This article: First, (a) re-examines the fraud exception rule in letters of credit transactions with specific reference to the United City Merchants v Royal Bank of Canada (the American Accord) and against the background of a recent commonwealth decision accepting nullity as a new exception; (b) evaluates its impact on over/under invoicing under the WTO Agreement on Pre-shipment Inspection of Goods in International Trade (PSI); and (c) assesses its implication on the IMF Agreement on Exchange Control implemented in the UK by the IMF Agreement Regulations 1946 made under the IMF Agreement Acts 1945 as amended. Secondly, it argues that the current UCP 500 is outmoded and inadequate to meet current needs and is therefore in need of urgent revision. Thirdly, it recommends, inter alia, that in accordance with the said commonwealth decision, fraud by third parties should be recognised by English law as an independent and separate nullity exception. Fourth, and finally, it concludes that the status-quo acts as an unwitting Crooks’ Charter for money launderers, documentary fraudsters and other white collar crimes.

scholarly journals How Does a Thought Scream? The Possibility of the New as a Condition of Political Ontology in Gilles Deleuze’s The Time-Image

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (5) ◽  
pp. 103-130
Keyword(s):  
Critical Distance ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Ontology ◽  
Cinema Studies ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Time Image ◽  
The Universe

The paper deals with Gilles Deleuze’s The Time-Image not as an essay on the philosophy of cinema but as a theory of political ontology. The meaning of the concept of “scream” must first be clarified. This concept appears in Deleuze’s lectures from 1980 in the context of the sequence of cinema, thought and shock from the second volume of his book Cinema. To indicate the immanent political significance of Deleuze’s cinema studies, the article clarifies the conceptual difference between two types of cinema. The distinction between “the movement-image” and “the time-image” is examined as ontological rather than aesthetic. In particular, the paper shows the conservative effects of “classic” cinema in the context of Henri Bergson’s ontology. The critical potential of modern cinema, which Deleuze considers in The Time-Image, is a condition for undermining the logic of “habit,” which is reproduced by the cinema of “the movement-image.” The condition for a break with this logic is the effect of shock, which is produced by the distinctive characteristics of modern cinema. Deleuze finds the political significance of modern cinema in the context of the possibility of the New which is not predetermined by previous conditions. The rupture with the status quo is ensured by contrasting two concepts of the Whole viewed either as the Open or as the Outside. The difference between them is examined in connection with the critical distance from the ontology of Henri Bergson, which is an imaginary solution of the problem of the New and therefore the problem of conservatism in the universe of “classic” cinema. In order to identify the political significance of “the image-time,” it is necessary to indicate the constitutive role of temporal rupture in modern cinema. It is this logic that provides the effect of shock for thought and allows it to break away from permanent repetition.

The older person with diabetes: considerations for care

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 282-286
Author(s):  
Jill Hill
Keyword(s):  
Renal Impairment ◽  
Older People ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Diabetes Management ◽  
Competency Assessment ◽  
Ageing Population ◽  
Older Person ◽  
Glucose Lowering ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Uk

The UK has an ageing population more and more elderly people are living with diabetes. Jill Hill explores the condition as well as other healthcare challenges that comes with caring for this particular patient group With the increasingly ageing population worldwide, more older people are living with diabetes. The conditions that often accompany older age, such as dementia, renal impairment, visual impairment and manual dexterity difficulties, can make diabetes management complex and self-care challenging. However, the status of older people varies considerably, and so choice of glucose-lowering agents and clinical targets should be individualised to maximise safety and ensure that the risks of treatments do not outweigh the benefits. For many patients, there will be an increasing dependence on others to manage their diabetes care, therefore an appropriate skill mix among health professionals and carers, adequate training and regular competency assessment are crucial to support patients to remain safe and symptom free from diabetes.

Dementia and Healthy Ageing in Older People

2020 ◽  
pp. 135-146
Author(s):  
Katsunori Kondo
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Population Ageing ◽  
Ageing Population ◽  
Social Challenges ◽  
Policy Responses ◽  
Subsequent Decrease ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Ongoing Dialogue

As a front runner of population ageing, Japan faces a future that the human species has never experienced. While we rejoice in longevity, it can bring financial and social challenges resulting from loss of independence. Frailty and dementia are important in this context. To meet those challenges, the Japanese government has been making efforts to reform public health and social care systems, and to develop a trans-sectoral social policy programme for dementia. Culturally, the Japanese value seniority and family traditions of caregiving. Drastic demographic change, and the subsequent decrease in household capacity for informal caregiving, requires a cultural and normative reform in society. An ongoing dialogue between social determinants of health and policy responses in Japan can provide valuable lessons for other countries with a growing ageing population, including the UK.

Health and Financial Sustainability in Ageing Japan

2020 ◽  
pp. 117-134
Author(s):  
Hideki Hashimoto
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Informal Caregiving ◽  
Population Ageing ◽  
Ageing Population ◽  
Social Challenges ◽  
Policy Responses ◽  
Subsequent Decrease ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Ongoing Dialogue

As a front runner of population ageing, Japan faces a future that the human species has never experienced. While we rejoice in longevity, it can bring financial and social challenges resulting from loss of independence. Frailty and dementia are important in this context. To meet those challenges, the Japanese government has been making efforts to reform public medical and social care systems, and to develop a trans-sectoral social policy programme for dementia. Culturally, the Japanese value seniority and family traditions of caregiving. Drastic demographic change, and the subsequent decrease in household capacity for informal caregiving, requires cultural and normative reform in society. An ongoing dialogue between social determinants of health and policy responses in Japan can provide valuable lessons for other countries with a growing ageing population, including the UK.

THE APPLICATION OF AN ENDOGENOUS POVERTY LINE AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE POVERTY IMPACT OF ECONOMIC SHOCKS: AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION

2013 ◽  
Vol 58 (01) ◽  
pp. 1350005 ◽  
Author(s):  
TEGUH DARTANTO
Keyword(s):  
Computable General Equilibrium ◽  
Poverty Line ◽  
Poverty Rate ◽  
Policy Reforms ◽  
Economic Shocks ◽  
Percentage Points ◽  
Soybean Price ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Fixed Line ◽  
The Impact

Most of the studies on the poverty impact of economic shocks as well as policy reforms assumed the poverty line as a fixed line; thus, the poverty outcome of shocks may underestimate (overestimate) and mislead in policy guidance. This research aims at empirically investigating the difference of poverty outcome between applying a fixed and an endogenous poverty line. Applying computable general equilibrium microsimulation (CGE-MS), this study has empirically proven that, if a fixed poverty line is applied, the poverty impact of economic shocks which significantly increase (decrease) price will always be underestimated (overestimated). This study empirically found that there is a 0.316 percentage point difference in the poverty outcome between applying the endogenous poverty line and the fixed poverty line when analyzing the impact on poverty in Indonesia of a doubling in the imported soybean price. Supposing the fixed poverty line, the poverty rate will increase by 0.167 percentage points, while supposing the endogenous poverty line, the poverty rate will increase by 0.483 percentage points. Therefore, applying either an endogenous or a fixed poverty line will have a different policy implication. This study strongly suggested that the endogenous poverty line should be applied when analyzing the poverty impact of shocks due to the precision in outcomes.

scholarly journals An “Ethical Moment” in Data Sharing

2016 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Heeney
Keyword(s):  
Data Sharing ◽  
Network Theory ◽  
Science And Technology Studies ◽  
Actor Network Theory ◽  
Research Community ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Empirical Ethics ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Ontological Uncertainty

This study draws on interviews with forty-nine members of a biomedical research community in the UK that is involved in negotiating data sharing and access. During an interview, an interviewee used the words “ethical moment” to describe a confrontation between collaborators in relation to data sharing. In this article, I use this as a lens for thinking about relations between “the conceptual and the empirical” in a way that allows both analyst and actor to challenge the status quo and consider other ethical possibilities. Drawing on actor network theory (ANT), I approach “the empirical” using the concepts of controversy and ontological uncertainty as methodological tools to tackle the problem of ethics. I suggest that these concepts also provide a bridge for understanding the ontological structure of the virtual and the actual, as described in Deleuze’s Difference and Repetition. While other science and technology studies scholars have sought to draw on Deleuze, this article addresses the integration of ethics and empirical research. It arises as a critical reaction to existing treatments of this problem as found in empirical ethics, especially in the sociology of bioethics, and indirectly in ANT texts.

The status quo of gastroenterology training in the UK

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (10) ◽  
pp. 781
Author(s):  
Nabihah Malik ◽  
Jamal Ahmed ◽  
Badr Abdalla ◽  
Majid Protty ◽  
Hasan Haboubi
Keyword(s):  
Status Quo ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Uk

Analysis of Computer Terminology Translation Differences between Taiwan and Mainland China

2014 ◽  
Vol 1030-1032 ◽  
pp. 1650-1652
Author(s):  
Qian Yao
Keyword(s):  
Mainland China ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Political Systems ◽  
Historical Factors ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Difference

Under half a century isolation, mainland China and Taiwan have had some differences in their lives, customs, lifestyle and language because of the different political systems and historical factors, above which the difference of cross-strait computer terminology standardization differences between them is especially obvious. With the increase of all kinds of cross-strait exchanges, most of people become focus on promoting the standardization of computer terminology translation. This article puts forward specific measures to standardize computer terminology from the status quo of cross-strait computer terminology translation and the effects of the translation differences.

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