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...Although other experts largely agree that governments - and ultimately taxpayers - will end up footing a hefty bill for all the stimulus money, some don't believe this will necessarily mean that Europe's modest growth rates are doomed to slip back into the red. Eric Heyer, an economist at the French Economic Observatory in Paris, says the official forecasts of continued modest growth are feasible - although that doesn't mean an immediate recovery for many nations. Even if European economies can nurture gradual expansion, he says, most will still see unemployment continue to rise through 2010 and into next year...
...plan a range of responses for the next flu pandemic, based on a virus' severity. But such evaluations of deadliness of an emerging disease are much harder to carry out than one would hope - if not impossible. And delaying action in response to an unpredictable new virus could potentially mean an increase in preventable deaths. "I think all countries recognize the desirability of flexibility in implementing pandemic plans. But exercising flexibility is really hard especially when large and complicated events like pandemics are often very confusing, and the expectations of populations can swing dramatically over short periods of time," says...
...outcome in Massachusetts reflects a national stance on the healthcare debate in Washington, namely that 55 percent of Americans now feel that the current bill should be altered to garner more Republican support. Reworking the bill does not mean discarding it entirely. However, it is clear that the public wants to see an end to the fierce partisanship of the deliberation on Capitol Hill. Accordingly, the Democrats should honor the will of the people by opening up the legislation to Republican ideas to achieve a bill with the bipartisan support to ward off a Senate filibuster...
...It’s not a great time of huge new money to do things,” Davis said, listing the $3.9 million shortfall in the school budget as an example. “It doesn’t mean you can’t reallocate, but money isn’t growing on trees right...
...play very good defense, but that doesn’t mean we want to play defense,” Stone said...