Women who patent their inventions earn less than their male counterparts because they don't bargain as hard. This factor appears seems to acount for pay differences that persist even when other factors are equal between men and women inventors

Studies show that skilled managers are needed to provide leadership, guarantee fairness in access to health care and deal with the growing complexity of hospital treatments. Only good management can coordinate the overlapping areas of medicine, ethics and economics.

Health spending in the EU is growing due to an aging population, while the European Commission is revising its strategy to place more emphasis on prevention programs that keep people healthier and more productive for longer.

According to a US study, young single mothers are most vulnerable to health problems. The study tracked tobacco and alcohol consumption and other general health factors in women grouped according to their reproductive, family and career choices

GDP alone does not provide a genuine measurement of quality of life. In Italy, CNEL and ISTAT are jointly working on a multidimensional indicator of sustainable welfare that may enable decision makers to better understand issues of welfare and sustainability

Targeted killings and actions outside the battlefield distort the concept of legitimate self-defense and force the Obama administration to discuss the legal limits to the use of military force. If the US can strike anywhere, what stops other countries?