Stat -“As wealthy governments race to lock in supplies of Covid-19 vaccines, nearly a quarter of the world’s population — mostly in low and middle-income countries — will not have access to a shot until 2022, according to a new analysis. As of mid-November, high income countries, including the European Union bloc, reserved 51% of… Continue Reading
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2021 Predictions: The Market View
Artificial Lawyer: “What a year it has been! Even beyond the impacts of the pandemic there have been plenty of significant changes in the legal tech sector and across the legal world as a whole. But what of next year? What will 2021 bring? Artificial Lawyer asked a range of experts what they think will… Continue Reading
The Impacts of COVID-19 on Academic and Public Library Budgets
The Scholarly Kitchen: “The pandemic has wrought profound disruption on the academic sector. In the United States, impacts on face-to-face instruction and the residential model have resulted in substantial challenges to the student experience, while setbacks to scientific research and researchers themselves are no less significant. Increasing costs of retooling campuses and declining revenues from… Continue Reading
How Much Taxes Will Retirees Owe on Their Retirement Income?
Center for Research and Retirement, Boston College – How Much Taxes Will Retirees Owe on Their Retirement Income? December 2020 – [h/t Pete Weiss] The brief’s key findings are: Households nearing retirement may forget that not all of their retirement resources belong to them, as they will need to pay some portion in taxes. The… Continue Reading
Estimates of the Initial Priority Population for COVID-19 Vaccination by State
KFF: “On December 1, 2020, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC), issued an initial recommendation, adopted by the CDC director, that health care personnel and residents of long-term care facilities should be the first to be offered a COVID-19 vaccine once it is authorized or… Continue Reading
McKinsey’s Global Banking Annual Review
“Updated annually, our Global Banking Annual Review offers the best of our research and insights into the global banking industry. Explore the findings from our most recent report and scroll for past years’ reports.” Continue Reading
Infected after 5 minutes from 20 feet away: South Korea study shows coronavirus’ spread indoors
LA Times [paywall / Free via Yahoo News]: ” Dr. Lee Ju-hyung has largely avoided restaurants in recent months, but on the few occasions he’s dined out, he’s developed a strange, if sensible, habit: whipping out a small anemometer to check the airflow. It’s a precaution he has been taking since a June experiment in… Continue Reading
Individual Retirement Account Ownership: Data and Policy Issues
CRS report via LC – Individual Retirement Account (IRA) Ownership: Data and Policy Issues December 9, 2020 (51 pages) “…Congress has provided various tax incentives to encourage individuals to save for retirement. Tax incentives exist for employers to offer retirement plans and for employees to participate in these plans, as well as for individuals to… Continue Reading
Why Do Banks Share Your Financial Information and Are They Allowed To?
GAO WatchBlog – In a word: yes. If you’ve ever applied for a loan, you know that banks and credit unions collect a lot of personal financial information from you, such as your income and credit history. And it’s not uncommon for lenders to then share your information with other vendors, such as insurance companies… Continue Reading
A Political Obituary for Donald Trump
The Atlantic – The effects of his reign will linger. But democracy survived. “To assess the legacy of Donald Trump’s presidency, start by quantifying it. Since last February, more than a quarter of a million Americans have died from COVID-19—a fifth of the world’s deaths from the disease, the highest number of any country. In… Continue Reading
Human ‘stuff’ now outweighs all life on Earth
Science Magazine – “It’s not just your storage unit that’s packed to the gills. According to a new study, the mass of all our stuff—buildings, roads, cars, and everything else we manufacture—now exceeds the weight of all living things on the planet. And the amount of new material added every week equals the total weight… Continue Reading
Want Vaccines Fast? Suspend Intellectual Property Rights
The New York Times Opinion: “Otherwise, there won’t be enough shots to go around, even in rich countries. As some reports would have it, this is the beginning of the end. Three coronavirus vaccines have posted excellent results, with more expected to come. But this is not the beginning of the end; it is only… Continue Reading
