With evermore unhoused people on the streets of our biggest cities, and publicized subway crimes in New York, mental health treatment is again in the news. Politicians speak about “caring” for the mentally ill in a new way, which turns out to be the old way—putting them away. The mention of involuntary confinement, predictably, sparks anxiety and controversy, giving rise to the question of whom this policy is meant to help: the people taken away or the rest of population, those shopping, jogging, carrying groceries home, who, presumably, will no longer be bothered by the inconvenient reality of a person speaking to God, while blocking the sidewalk.
Nonetheless, whether or not present laws limiting involuntary commitments should be altered, as proposed by New York…
As a result, production was scaled back, firms acted to lower their employment and purchasing activity, and total new orders and new export business moderated over the course of the month.There was some respite in terms of inflationary pressures, however, with both input costs and selling prices rising at softer rates than in September, S&P Global said in a release.The headline Istanbul Chamber of Industry Turkey manufacturing purchasing managers’ index posted below the 50 no-change mark for the fourth consecutive month in October. At 48.4, the index signalled a modest easing of business conditions during the month, but one that was more pronounced than that seen in September (PMI at 49.6).
Moreover, total new business slowed to the largest degree since last November. In line wi…