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One challenge for policymakers is that half the country thinks the federal government can balance its budget by simply cutting wasteful spending.

Beyond the tea party: What Americans really think of government

The dilemma for U.S. policymakers is that their hopes of gaining political traction in Pakistan, and increased Pakistani military cooperation against insurgents, are undercut by the highly unpopular air attacks inside Pakistani territory.

Pakistan government on rocky ground amid flooding, terrorism, plummeting economy

One of the big challenges facing scientists, researchers and policymakers is how to feed an expected 9 billion people by 2050 – amid economic troubles, competition for natural resources and rising temperatures.

DOWN2EARTH Conference to Address Food Security, Climate Change

Equally as important, policymakers from the White House on down have to get off the sidelines and update old policies to reflect today's drastically different technologies.

Jim Steyer: Do Not Track Kids -- Privacy Versus Profits

The short-term aim of policymakers is to try to keep the deflation of the real estate bubble from causing more collateral damage than necessary, while the longer-term goal should be to make the housing sector less prone to bubbles, i.e. reduce price increases to something sustainable.

Matthew Yglesias » The Endless Dream of Re-inflating the Bubble

A popular standard among school policymakers is a "Warm, Safe, Dry" classroom.

Ed Schmidt: Who's to Blame When we Fail our Students?

But Latin American policymakers learned some lessons over the past decade, and that is why the region has weathered the global financial crisis in much better shape than Spain.

Latin America Frets While Spain Burns

The potential implications of this academic literature for policymakers is huge, should they take up the core concepts.

Some forgotten recent books for wonks

If Latin American policymakers truly want to reduce their countries 'abortion rates, they must focus their attention on improving knowledge about and access to a wide range of family planning methods.

Sharon L. Camp: A Dangerous Trend: Dominican Republic Adopts Draconian Abortion Restriction

Assume that the objective of policymakers is low inflation and that they announce such a policy.

The Prize in Economics 2004 - Information for the Public