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Covid-19: Elements of a Scenario

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

US Homeland Security Council 2005, UK Government 2008), while in others it did not. In 2020, some confusion arises from the fact that much of the planning refers to influenza, whereas the SARS category of diseases is not strictly a 'flu virus, but most of the planning principles are exactly the same, so this is mainly a labelling issue.

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Celebrating CMC’s 75th Anniversary – A Look at Majors Over Time

The Lowe Down

Of these eleven we will be focusing on Economics, Political Science/Government, Psychology, Literature, Environmental Studies, and Computer Science. In 2020, 25.86% of students were majoring in Economics. Government major is another highly demanded major at CMC. major changed from “Political Science” to “Government”.

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State of the Nation - a UK Perspective on Covid-19

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

Since the start of the crisis, I have constantly affirmed that the key to understanding the effects of this pandemic is the UK Government's failure to give adequate weight to emergency planning and management (Alexander 2020a, 2020b). There were major exercises on pandemics in 2005, 2007 and 2016. The Guardian , 5 May 2020.

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A History of Ohio Land Banking 2009–2021: From Legislation to Operation

Center for Community Progress

Though not a government entity or body politic, the original Ohio land bank laws were designed to: 1) allow municipal land banks to acquire properties through tax foreclosure at no cost after being exposed to sale without bidders and 2) to hold these properties real estate tax exempt until the land could be repurposed.

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Public restrooms: single versus multiple-occupant

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

As bathrooms became more prevalent in housing and as local government budgets declined and demands increased, provision of public restrooms was one of the first services to be eliminated. Points (2) and (3) are crucial and failure to consider them at the fine grained required is the cause of most failures in government policies and programs.

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The Impact of GDP shocks on Fertility Rates

The Lowe Down

In 2020, most of the world suffered negative economic shocks as the uncertainty of a new disease stunned human societies and resulted in significant GDP downturns for many counties. Among the many questions and concerns that have emerged since early 2020, the impact of the virus-caused shock on fertility rates is particularly interesting.

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Will the GSEs Repeat 2007 - 2009’s Large Losses?

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

First, house prices increased by 57 percent 1 over the nearly nine years from their post-financial crisis bottom (2011 Q2) through the last quarter before the pandemic (2020 Q1). This resulted in the government taking them over in September 2008 and injecting $187B of taxpayer money to keep them solvent. See [link]. [3]

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