Emerging biotechnologies: technology, choice and the public good looked at the factors affecting the direction of research, such as funding sources, interest in the economic and societal impact of research and public expectation, and found that these can lead to 'overpromising' by researchers that risks undermining public trust in science and misleading national policy.
Obama later called Harris to apologize, but the outpouring of support he received CNN's Dylan Byers bemoaned, "How did it become so difficult to call a woman good looking in public?"—shows how blind even self-professed liberals can be to their own sexist behaviour and how easy it is for them to brush off remarks as benign compliments.
Obama later called Harris to apologize, but the outpouring of support he received CNN's Dylan Byers bemoaned, "How did it become so difficult to call a woman good looking in public?"—shows how blind even self-professed liberals can be to their own sexist behavior and how easy it is for them to brush off remarks as benign compliments.
In more conventional terms, the "public goods" concept looks familiar.
The final part of the competition, in 2009 and 2010, will be a long-distance road race taking in about 10 major US cities, giving the public a good look at the cars they might be driving in years to come.
HYGIENE: Smell good, look good, be good!
The search for a better condom, then, looks like a public good as well as a private one.
Rather, her organisation's stress is on the need, as the economy opens up, "to strengthen oversight and the institutions that look after the public good".
"Until that whole concept of government as a provider of public good can be invigorated, people will look for help to those who do provide those things -- which is the warlords," said J. Alexander Thier, an Afghan expert working with the British Department for International Development.
Where is the "clear and fair win win agreement" that Kaul and Gleicher are looking for [ 5]; where is Kickbusch's global public good for health [ 6]?
