Sentences with phrase «policy experiment with»

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But they did leave those of us who prefer to be guided by research with a natural experiment of what could be wrought by a sub-optimal policy mix.

This might encourage you, as a small business owner, to experiment with some of these more generous PTO policies.

They contend that its open policies prove the benefits of experimenting with data and using information to establish a «direct relationship between an individual's decisions and their impact on the business» — something the grocery chain accomplishes by giving each employee high - level access to the company's financial data, and therefore a greater stake in the business.

Similarly, the 2009 «quantitative easing» policy in Britain confused loans used in the real economy (which were stagnating or falling throughout the experiment) with boosting bank balances with the Bank of England which quadrupled over 2009 (Graph 3).

Even so, several financiers and central bankers throughout history tried experimenting with a fiat currency system, a decision which often led to major imbalances between monetary and fiscal policies, and eventually economic depressions.

It is only one consequence of the Fed's experiment with extraordinary monetary policy.

These new trends haven't gone unnoticed, with many of these sectors starting to perform well when the Fed officially ended its bond - buying program last October, marking the end of an extraordinary monetary - policy experiment.

With 16 million people out of work, editors declared Roosevelt's «readiness to experiment with new policies his greatest asset and the nation's greatest ground of hope» (March 1, 19With 16 million people out of work, editors declared Roosevelt's «readiness to experiment with new policies his greatest asset and the nation's greatest ground of hope» (March 1, 19with new policies his greatest asset and the nation's greatest ground of hope» (March 1, 1933).

If abortion policy and policies that permit non-therapeutic experiments with the unborn are to be stabilized, they must be, he says, both rational and sensitive to the views of «a moral society.»

Nothing like one underachiever blowing smoke up the ass of another... we know that Ozil has some incredible technical gifts, but to be considered the best you have to bring more than just assists to the table... for me, a top player has to possess a more well - rounded game, which doesn't mean they need to be a beast on both ends of the pitch, but they must have the ability to take their game to another level when it matters most... although he amassed some record - like stats early on, it set the bar too high, so when people expected him to duplicate those numbers each year the pressure seemed to get the best of our soft - spoken star... obviously that's not an excuse for what has happened in the meantime, but it's important to make note of a few things: (1) his best year was a transition year for many of the traditionally dominant teams in the EPL, so that clearly made the numbers appear better than they actually were and (2) Wenger's system, or lack thereof, didn't do him any favours; by playing him out of position and by not acquiring world - class striker and / or right - side forward that would best fit an Ozil - centered offensive scheme certainly hurt his chances to repeat his earlier peformances, (3) the loss of Cazorla, who took a lot of pressure off Ozil in the midfield and was highly efficient when it came to getting him the ball in space, negatively impacted his effectiveness and (4) he likewise missed a good chunk of games and frankly never looked himself when he eventually returned to the field... overall the Ozil experiment has had mixed reviews and rightfully so, but I do have some empathy for the man because he has always carried himself the same way, whether for Real or the German National team, yet he has only suffered any lengthy down periods with Arsenal... to me that goes directly to this club's inability to surround him with the necessary players to succeed, especially for someone who is a pass first type of player; as such, this simply highlights our club's ineffective and antiquated transfer policies... frankly I'm disappointed in both Ozil and our management team for not stepping up when it counted because they had a chance to do something special, but they didn't have it in them... there is no one that better exemplifies our recent history than Ozil, brief moments of greatness undercut by long periods of disappointing play, only made worse by his mopey posturing like a younger slightly less awkward Wenger... what a terribly waste

The Liberal Democrats and the home affairs committee have called for a royal commission on drug policy and for more thorough assessments of experiments with legalisation overseas, including in various US states.

Like in the past, new policy innovations are currently being explored to find new ways to deal with the social pressure resulting from the increasing obsolescence of manual labour, as can be seen in the experimenting with Universal Basic Income in Finland.

While not necessarily the best policy, accommodating experiments in the «laboratories of democracy» represents smart politics: it fits with Republican notions of states» rights and federalist self - determination, but is also consistent with the overwhelming support cannabis legalisation enjoys among the Democratic base.

MoveOn.org has specialized in getting its members to generate video ads to such success that commercial brands have copied the tactic, and many other organizations have found success in asking supporters to help come up with slogans, comment on policies and experiment with creative ways to spread the word online.

If something of this magnitude is not offered I think the conference season will end with the replacement of three party leaders who are unable to address the ongoing muddle of national policies viewed as social and constitutional experiments with no obvious net benefit.

Others began to call for similar policies, with both Laws and Cable using their contributions to a collection of essays for the IPPR to call for experiments with the extension of consumer choice and quasi-market mechanisms into health and education.

[45] He wrote on his blog, «I spend my days experimenting with new ways to get progressive policies enacted and progressive politicians elected.»

The tide is already turning in some parts of the world, with Finland minimising drug use and New York experimenting with such a policy.

There are two primary ways to achieve «environmental flows» of water necessary to sustain river ecosystems, write Mike Acreman, of the UK's Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, and colleagues in a review published this month in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment: controlled releases like the recent experiment on the Colorado that are designed with specific objectives for ecology and ecosystem services in mind and hands - off policies that minimize or reverse alterations to the natural flow of the river.

But NIAID soon stepped back with a 30 October letter explaining that scientists should work with contracting officers to decide whether their experiments fall under the new policy.

Economist Esther Duflo combines «innovative field experiments with rigorous empirical analysis» to identify «linkages and causal relationships between policy, poverty, behavior, and socioeconomic status» in the developing world, focusing on the well - being of women and children.

Matt Roney at the Earth Policy Institute said that it might not even be worthwhile to experiment with natural gas - produced electricity.

- > After reading your blog, experimented with LCHF (can't believe this is official policy in Sweden now!).

Funding: In Michigan, we are experimenting with a policy that allows a «seat time waiver» of the pupil accounting rules.

What evidence shows that federal courts would produce better results than the state and local governments that have been designing and experimenting with education policy for years?

Five - plus years into the experiment with new «college - and career - ready standards» (of which Common Core is the most notable and most controversial example), we know little about teachers» implementation and the ways policy can support that implementation.

Because the public pays little attention in general to policy issues, the experiments and the timing of the survey provided an avenue for assessing how people update their views when presented with new information.

Such policies include instituting external, curriculum - based exams linked to real - world consequences for kids; maintaining high standards for earning good grades; and experimenting with well - designed cash - incentive programs.

Trying to innovate and evolve your teaching in line with ever - changing policy demands is hard for us all, so each year tens of thousands of people from across the world travel to Bett to experiment with the latest technology, hear from inspirational figures and experts in the industry, and meet peers from all over the world.

It is a rare pleasure, then, to find a book that carefully examines the practices of another country with regard to a policy with which we are still experimenting.

It's an experiment that — while proven successful in at least two other states — has its origins in a Democratic President's administration and comes fresh off of lawmakers» brush with Common Core state standards, a broad - reaching education policy that blew up into a toxic political football among conservatives because it de-emphasized local control.

Schools and out - of - school programs have long experimented with zero - tolerance policies.

We experiment with new policies, and the content of those new policies remembers the value of our innovative, creative spirit.

The group convened a 16 - teacher policy team last fall to study past and current experiments in teacher pay, survey city teachers about their views, and come up with recommendations about how to change the way city teachers are paid.

Districts from Los Angeles to New York City are experimenting with new policies designed to eliminate zero - tolerance discipline.

Moreover, the current policy environment makes it tough for schools to experiment with new practices.

The question in Florida and Tennessee had been whether there was «a conceivable rational basis» for proceeding with the teacher evaluation policy experiment.

Should we simple accept sex trafficking and see if we can experiment with immigration policies through said trafficking?

«A key lesson from America's experiment with No Child Left Behind is that state and federal policy have not been effective in strengthening school effectiveness at scale,» concludes the Report.

Policy leaders, in particular, can (1) support initiatives that expand broadband availability in all of the federally funded 21st Century Community Learning Centers and in state and locally - funded afterschool sites; (2) encourage robust experimentation with digital platforms that allow expanded learning organizations to collaborate, share practices, and connect experiences that kids are having at various expanded learning sites; and (3) support pilot experiments in up to 10 % of the 21st Century Community Learning Centers that focus on integrating evolving technologies.

The changing policy dynamic meant states could experiment with a variety of strategies to improve their education systems and outcomes.

«Library lending encourages people to experiment with new authors, topics and genres — which is good for the entire reading and publishing ecosystem,» Carrie Russell, director of the ALA's Office for Information Technology Policy, said.

Foreign Policy is one of a number of news organizations experimenting with journalism - as - ebook.

And now Hilton is experimenting with a significant expansion of its existing cancellation fee policy.

Then you proceed to use the results of your experiment to justify changing policies for the entire world at a cost of many trillions of dollars, with the unerring belief that your experimental data is completely reliable.

This senseless name calling of the scientists on both sides of the political fence, and infighting over the details of the amount of the sensitivity of the climate will soon come to an end, as the experiment on the Earth is continued with out any possible controls by the IPCC policy makers, who only want it to proceed as is, with ADDITIONAL FUNDS taken from taxes paid by the developed world, to hasten to transfer of wealth to the third world, while weakening the Western government systems through self imposed bankruptcy.

Australian policies for decarbonization could serve as experiments with a clear - eyed recognition that the pace of decarbonization simply can not be known until those experiments are implemented and evaluated.

This is the reason why the scientific method has been so successful: instead of very clever men convincing their less clever fellow - men that they should be in charge of things and dictate policy, it requires those very clever men to design an experiment, make a falsifiable claim as to the outcome of the experiment, measure the actual results of the experiment and then publish their results so that other very clever men can check their claims, verify that the results are reproducible and then refine and test the hypothesis with other experiments.

While vast global coal reserves make this question more neutral with regard to carbon per se, it a more complete socio - politico - economic experiment nonetheless to examine how good we have been at steering the oceanliner of energy policy with regard to foreign oil in the United States, obviously a more simple problem than all fossil fuels together.

«But when the proposed policy solution emphasized the free market, such as with innovative green technology, 55 percent of Republicans agreed with the scientific statement.For Democrats, the same experiment recorded no difference in their belief, regardless of the proposed solution to climate change»