ITALY'S prime minister, Matteo Renzi, suffers from a condition so rare it has yet to feature in any medical journal: proclamitis, the compulsive announcement of new policies.On October 19th he declared on a chat show that he was giving mothers a tax break of €80 ($101) a month in the first three years of their children's lives.
I know Britons appear to have a compulsive loathing of compulsion, but the debate surrounding the policy would be a serious contribution to making people think about and actually use their vote.
All that was required of Mr. Clinton was that he not gamble with the common policy enterprise through compulsive adventurism.
His supporters frequently diagnose his most ardent opponents with Harper Derangement Syndrome, which, in its most acute form, manifests as a compulsive need to compare Harper's policies to those of George W. Bush.
Such a policy would eliminate the need for compulsive day-counting, not to mention the bureaucracy and costs necessary to document it, as well as the incentive for cheating.
Indeed, dismissing the importance of psychology in addiction and refusing to look at why people seek compulsive chemical escape is a critical part of why our drug policy continues to fail.
It's a legitimate policy concern". The stakes in all of this are high, because compulsive gambling is still a fuzzy issue and is one of the key concerns of the National Gambling Impact Study Commission, which is currently examining the industry.
The compulsive aspect reveals that at least some recipients of welfare, in the eyes of policy makers, require coercion before they will accept offers of work.
Its options are limited.'" "Posen's calmly heretical book is an argument for Washington to discipline its seemingly compulsive and spasmodic projections of global power.... [A] masterclass in threat deflation,... Barry Posen's succinct policy brief is a deeply moral book.
To reduce these drug-related economic losses, public policy makers should consider either completely subsidizing MMT or regulating it as a treatment for compulsive drug users.
