The Philadelphia prison commissioner Lou Giorla was lobbied to change the policy on shackling by the Maternity Care Coalition, a group which runs classes inside the jail for pregnant prisoners, to help prepare them for the birth.
We expect the reflation trends, dating from the U.S. shift to a low real interest rate policy in 2002, to continue for now, pushing prices up in most asset classes.
Today is not only the start of the GOP Convention, but the start of classes at Syracuse University, where I teach a class on Social Welfare Policy to MPA students.