The headline story to emerge from the financial crisis of 2007-2009 in global economic governance terms was the displacement of the G7/G8 by the G20 as the principal policy forum or 'steering committee' at the apex of global governance. 1 But global economic governance consists of more than just state-based multilateralism. It encompasses important questions about the nature of the appropriate relationships between public and private actors and the world-view associated with those relationships. Such questions go to the very heart of the contemporary global financial order. Indeed, the question of how financial market actors are to be regulated by public authorities has been a particular focus for the G20 in its post-crisis discussions. Moreover, a growing number of respected commentators now argue that regulatory capture of public agencies and public policy by leading banks was one of the main causal factors behind the financial crisis of
This study explored whether a meridian-based procedure, Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), can reduce specific phobias of small animals under laboratory-controlled conditions. Randomly assigned participants were treated individually for 30 min with EFT (n = 18) or a comparison condition, diaphragmatic breathing (DB) (n = 17). ANOVAS revealed that EFT produced significantly greater improvement than did DB behaviorally and on three self-report measures, but not on pulse rate. The greater improvement for EFT was maintained, and possibly enhanced, at six- to nine-months follow-up on the behavioral measure. These findings suggest that a single treatment session using EFT to reduce specific phobias can produce valid behavioral and subjective effects. Some limitations of the study also are noted and clarifying research suggested.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.