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Supply Chain Management
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Stress Tests: The Right Tool for Strengthening Supply Chains
Jonathan W. Welburn
Aug 10, 2021
Supply Chain Dive
Isolated interruptions to individual supply chains feel like a thing of the past. Today, the risks are more likely to cut across supply chains and leave companies vulnerable to shared or cascading threats. If we want to make supply chains more resilient, it's time to apply some stress tests.
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Military Strategy
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Applying Machiavellian Discourses to the Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq
Scott Savitz
Aug 9, 2021
RealClearDefense
After 20 years of war without victory in both Afghanistan and Iraq, it is time to derive key lessons from both conflicts to avoid repeating the same mistakes. Niccolò Machiavelli, whose insights on statecraft have endured for five centuries, is a valuable guide in analyzing those lessons.
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Retirement and Retirement Benefits
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Reframing Retirement
Bonnie Hagemann, Krishna B. Kumar @kbkumar_, Andrew R. Hoehn
Aug 9, 2021
MarketWatch
Retirement is a fluid concept. Many retirees would consider returning to the workforce if conditions were right and they could set their own pace. A reframing of the aging and retirement process would allow us to see the issue in a new way.
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Cybercrime
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How the United States Can Deter Ransomware Attacks
Jonathan W. Welburn, Quentin E. Hodgson @QHodgson
Aug 9, 2021
Los Angeles Times
To rein in ransomware attacks, the United States needs to upend the risk-reward ratio for hackers and for the countries that harbor or support them. Such a strategy would make networks harder to breach, hit back harder against hackers, and claw back gains from those who succeed.
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Prison Reform
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Defund Prisons, Not Police
Shawn D. Bushway @BushwayShawn, Nidhi Kalra
Aug 9, 2021
Los Angeles Times
The United States spends billions on prisons, jails, and juvenile detention facilities. New lows in incarceration rates present a chance to shift resources away from costly correctional facilities and toward education, job training, transportation, and other community services.
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Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy
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Commercialisation and Open Science Do Not Have to Be Uneasy Bedfellows
Hamish Evans, Sarah Parkinson, Susan Guthrie
Aug 6, 2021
Research Professional News
On the surface, tension exists between commercialization and open science approaches to research. But the two approaches are not irreconcilable--they can exist in harmony and complement one another to generate greater impact from investments in research and innovation.
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Public Health Preparedness
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Rebuild Public Health for the Next Pandemic?
Edward W. Chan, Andrew M. Parker
Aug 6, 2021
The RAND Blog
COVID-19 exposed how underprepared the United States was for a pandemic and raised questions about preparedness for the next one. With political will to spend money on public health, how can America take a holistic view of all the options? And how should investments be prioritized?
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Media Literacy
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Media Literacy, Internet of Bodies, Arctic Governance: RAND Weekly Recap
Aug 6, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on teaching media literacy in schools, a “connected future” via the Internet of Bodies, gaps in Arctic governance, and more.
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Violent Extremism
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Help, Not Just Hunt, Violent Extremists in the Military
Todd C. Helmus @Helmus, Ryan Andrew Brown, Rajeev Ramchand @RRamchand
Aug 5, 2021
RealClearDefense
The Pentagon is working to rid itself of violent extremist members. In addition to strengthening the chain of command to detect and remove extremist members from its ranks, the military could also empower military family members to intervene.
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Health Insurance Markets
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How Insurance Marketplace Regulators Can Help Consumers Enroll in Better Coverage
Petra Rasmussen, David M. Anderson
Aug 2, 2021
Milbank
The Affordable Care Act simplified shopping for health care by creating the individual health insurance marketplaces where plans are categorized into labeled tiers. Consumers rely on these labels when comparing plans. But the labels don't tell consumers everything they need to know.
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Financial Decision Making
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When a Free Trial Is Anything But
Katherine Grace Carman @KGCarman
Aug 2, 2021
The RAND Blog
Several strategies could help protect consumers from subscription traps. Strategies could include providing better information showing that a free trial is followed by a subscription, reminding consumers that they have a subscription, and allowing consumers to easily cancel.
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Racial Discrimination
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Historic Lynchings and Voter Registration, China in Space, Firefighters' Mental Health: RAND Weekly Recap
Jul 30, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on the link between historic lynchings and voter registration, Afghanistan in the era of fentanyl, supporting firefighters’ mental health, and more.
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International Economic Relations
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Cryptocurrency Should Be Added to the U.S.-Japan Trade Deal
Sale Lilly @SaleLilly, Scott W. Harold
Jul 28, 2021
Nikkei Asia
As the Biden administration begins to define its approach to international trade, and the Suga administration looks to further tighten cooperation with the United States, it may be worth reconsidering the exclusion of cryptocurrency from the U.S.-Japan trade deal. Substantial economic equities are at stake for both sides.
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Data Analysis
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Equitable Data Analysis: Lessons from a COVID-19 Research Collaborative
Linnea Warren May @LinneaKWMay, Jason Beery, Tiffany L. Gary-Webb, Evan D. Peet @evandpeet, Jared Kohler
Jul 27, 2021
The RAND Blog
The health inequities exposed by COVID-19 underscored the importance of collecting race-stratified data to inform local policymakers. For the public health researchers trying to provide that, the pandemic also revealed some major pitfalls, especially about relying on open-source data.
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Health Care Payment Approaches
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Fintech's Role in Reducing Disparities and Financial Barriers to Health Care Access
Sam Alom, Sonja Marjanovic @SonjaCambs
Jul 26, 2021
The RAND Blog
Given the growing pressures on health care systems globally and the need for innovative approaches to financing health care, the time may be ripe to develop a robust evidence base and share learning on fintech-enabled approaches that could support universal health coverage agendas and healthier and more stable societies.
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The RAND Blog

Stress Tests: The Right Tool for Strengthening Supply Chains

Applying Machiavellian Discourses to the Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq

Reframing Retirement

How the United States Can Deter Ransomware Attacks

Defund Prisons, Not Police

Commercialisation and Open Science Do Not Have to Be Uneasy Bedfellows

Rebuild Public Health for the Next Pandemic?

Media Literacy, Internet of Bodies, Arctic Governance: RAND Weekly Recap

Help, Not Just Hunt, Violent Extremists in the Military

How Insurance Marketplace Regulators Can Help Consumers Enroll in Better Coverage

When a Free Trial Is Anything But

Historic Lynchings and Voter Registration, China in Space, Firefighters' Mental Health: RAND Weekly Recap

Cryptocurrency Should Be Added to the U.S.-Japan Trade Deal

Equitable Data Analysis: Lessons from a COVID-19 Research Collaborative

Fintech's Role in Reducing Disparities and Financial Barriers to Health Care Access

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