Book Reviews

2010 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 168-172
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Crime Control ◽  
The United States ◽  
Gun Control ◽  
Brute Force ◽  
Yale University ◽  
Control Drug ◽  
The University

John J. Donohue of Yale University reviews “When Brute Force Fails: How to Have Less Crime and Less Punishment” by Mark A. R. Kleiman,. The EconLit Abstract of the reviewed work begins “Considers a consequence-focused approach to crime control in the United States and whether it would work better than the current brute force-based method. Discusses how the United States moved from low-crime, low-punishment to higher crime and punishment rates in the last fifty years; thinking about crime control; hope; tipping, dynamic concentration, and the logic of deterrence; crime despite punishment; designing enforcement strategies; crime control without punishment; guns and gun control; drug policy for crime control; what could go wrong; and an agenda for crime control. Kleiman is Professor of Public Policy at the University of California, Los Angeles. Bibliography; index.”

Book Reviews

2011 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 776-777
Keyword(s):  
Los Angeles ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
University Of California ◽  
Yale University ◽  
Quality Of Urban Life ◽  
The University ◽  
The Hill ◽  
China’S Cities

Matthew J. Kotchen of Yale University reviews “Climatopolis: How Our Cities Will Thrive in the Hotter Future” by Matthew E. Kahn. The EconLit Abstract of the reviewed work begins “Explores how cities will adapt to the challenges of climate change, focusing on how geographical and socioeconomic factors will affect the quality of urban life in a hotter world. Discusses too much gas; what we've done when our cities have blown up; king of the hill; the case of Los Angeles; whether Manhattan will flood; whether China's cities will go green; effects and adaptations in developing countries; seize the day--opportunities from our hotter future; and the future of cities. Kahn is Professor with the Institute of the Environment, the Department of Economics, and the Department of Public Policy at the University of California, Los Angeles. Index.”

Book Reviews

2012 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 809-818
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
The United States ◽  
Factor Endowments ◽  
University Of Wisconsin ◽  
European Colonization ◽  
The University ◽  
Relative Differences

Jeffrey G. Williamson of Harvard University and University of Wisconsin reviews “Economic Development in the Americas since 1500: Endowments and Institutions” by Stanley L. Engerman and Kenneth L. Sokoloff. The EconLit abstract of the reviewed work begins: Eleven papers explore differences in the rates of economic growth in Latin America and mainland North America, specifically the United States and Canada, and consider how relative differences in growth over time are related to differences in the institutions that developed in different economies. Papers discuss paths of development -- an overview; factor endowments and institutions; the role of institutions in shaping factor endowments; the evolution of suffrage institutions; the evolution of schooling – 1800–1925; inequality and the evolution of taxation; land and immigration policies; politics and banking systems; five hundred years of European colonization; institutional and noninstitutional explanations of economic development; and institutions in political and economic development. Engerman is John H. Munro Professor of Economics and Professor of History at the University of Rochester. The late Sokoloff was Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of California, Los Angeles. Bibliography; index.

Book Reviews

2010 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 1051-1053
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Law And Economics ◽  
The United States ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Regulatory Oversight ◽  
Industrial Economics ◽  
Law And Technology ◽  
Economic Perspectives ◽  
The University

Joacim Tag of Research Institute of Industrial Economics reviews “Antitrust and Regulation in the EU and US: Legal and Economic Perspectives” by Francois Leveque, Howard Shelanski, Francois Leveque, Howard Shelanski,. The EconLit Abstract of the reviewed work begins “Seven papers, originally presented at the “Balancing Antitrust and Regulation in Network Industries: Evolving Approaches in Europe and the United States” conference jointly organized by CERNA and the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology and held in Paris in January 2006, address various aspects of the evolving balance between antitrust and regulation in the European Union and the United States. Papers discuss synthetic competition (Douglas H. Ginsburg); European competition policy and regulation--differences, overlap, and contraints (John Temple Lang); contrasting legal solutions and the comparability of EU and U.S. experiences (Pierre Larouche); modeling an antitrust regulator for telecoms (James B. Speta); rethinking merger remedies--toward a harmonization of regulatory oversight with antitrust merger review (Philip J. Weiser); market power in U.S. and EU electricity generation (Richard Gilbert and David Newbery); and mobile call termination--a tale of two-sided markets (Tommaso Valletti). Leveque is Professor of Law and Economics at Ecole des mines de Paris. Shelanski is Professor of Law in the School of Law at the University of California, Berkeley. Index.”

Book Reviews

2018 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 1594-1596
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Foreign Exchange ◽  
The United States ◽  
University Of Michigan ◽  
Strong Connection ◽  
Foreign Exchange Intervention ◽  
New Strategy ◽  
The University ◽  
Economics And Politics

Kathryn M. E. Dominguez of the University of Michigan reviews “Currency Conflict and Trade Policy: A New Strategy for the United States,” by C. Fred Bergsten and Joseph E. Gagnon. The Econlit abstract of this book begins: “Analyzes the economics and politics of currency manipulation, globally and with respect to the key individual countries that engage in repeated intervention or feel its effects, and demonstrates empirically the strong connection between official foreign-exchange intervention and trade imbalances.”

scholarly journals Resiliency of a perpetual optimist: neurosurgeon Dr. Linda Liau

2021 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. E18
Author(s):  
Jasmine A. Thum
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Family History ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
The United States ◽  
University Of California ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Neurosurgical Society ◽  
Surgery First ◽  
Neurological Surgery ◽  
The University

It is not possible to capture all the depth that composes Dr. Linda Liau: chair of the Neurosurgery Department at the University of California, Los Angeles; second woman to chair a neurosurgery program in the United States; first woman to chair the American Board of Neurological Surgery; first woman president of the Western Neurosurgical Society; and one of only a handful of neurosurgeons elected to the National Academy of Medicine. Her childhood and family history alone could fascinate several chapters of her life’s biography. Nonetheless, this brief biography hopes to capture the challenges, triumphs, cultural norms, and spirit that have shaped Dr. Liau’s experience as a successful leader, scientist, and neurosurgeon. This is a rare story. It describes the rise of not only an immigrant within neurosurgery—not unlike other giants in the field, Drs. Robert Spetzler, Jacques Marcos, Ossama Al-Mefty, and a handful of other contemporaries—but also another type of minority in neurosurgery: a woman.

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