Brookings: “Editor’s Note: This post updates with year-end 2021 data the External Wealth of Nations database [Excel download], which assembles data on external claims and liabilities of economies around the world. The database is described in more detail in a series of papers (Lane and Milesi-Ferretti 2001, 2007, 2018), and in a companion post. The… Continue Reading
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The Bioeconomy: A Primer
CRS Report – The Bioeconomy: A Primer, September 19, 2022 – “The term bioeconomy refers to the share of the economy based on products, services, and processes derived from biological resources (e.g., plants and microorganisms). The bioeconomy is crosscutting, encompassing multiple sectors, in whole or in part (e.g., agriculture, textiles, chemicals, and energy). Many predict… Continue Reading
The Financial Stability Implications of Digital Assets
Federal Reserve Board, August 2022. The Financial Stability Implications of Digital Assets Pablo D. Azar, Garth Baughman, Francesca Carapella, Jacob Gerszten, Arazi Lubis, JP Perez-Sangimino, David E. Rappoport, Chiara Scotti, Nathan Swem, Alexandros Vardoulakis, Aurite Werman – “The value of assets in the digital ecosystem has grown rapidly, amid periods of high volatility. Does the… Continue Reading
White House Framework on Regulating Cryptocurrency
FACT SHEET: White House Releases First-Ever Comprehensive Framework for Responsible Development of Digital Assets – September 16, 2022 – Following the President’s Executive Order, New Reports Outline Recommendations to Protect Consumers, Investors, Businesses, Financial Stability, National Security, and the Environment – The digital assets market has grown significantly in recent years. Millions of people globally, including… Continue Reading
Black Wealth Datacenter
“The Black Wealth Data Center was conceived and funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Greenwood Initiative, a program area aimed at increasing generational wealth and addressing systemic underinvestment in Black communities. The Greenwood Initiative conceptualized the Black Wealth Data Center to help address the problem of insufficient and inaccessible data on the topic of Black wealth. Prosperity… Continue Reading
The Number of People Primarily Working From Home Tripled Between 2019 and 2021
Census: “Between 2019 and 2021, the number of people primarily working from home tripled from 5.7% (roughly 9 million people) to 17.9% (27.6 million people), according to new 2021 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-year estimates released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. Nearly half (48.3%) of workers in the District of Columbia worked from home,… Continue Reading
LobbyingData.com Launches First-Ever Publicly Available Real-Time View of American Lobbying
“LobbyingData.com (LobbyingData) today announces the official launch of Daily Lobbying Data, the first-ever 100% free real-time view into American Lobbying. With LobbyingData, anyone can easily know which companies are lobbying, how much was spent, and-most importantly-the issues being lobbied for. LobbyingData is the only platform of its kind that provides insight into why companies choose… Continue Reading
GAO: Congress Should Enact Comprehensive Privacy Legislation
EPIC.org: “The Government Accountability Office yesterday released a snapshot of its recent work on consumer data. The GAO’s work shows that (1) consumer scores pose risks; (2) facial recognition technology raises consumer privacy and accuracy concerns; and (3) additional federal authority over internet privacy could enhance consumer protection. The GAO recommended that Congress implement consumer… Continue Reading
Millions of borrowers may be eligible for a refund on student loan payments made during Covid
CNBC: “There’s good news for the millions of people with federal student loans who’ve made payments on that debt during the Covid pandemic: many of them will be eligible to get the money back. The U.S. Department of Education says that many borrowers eligible for President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan who made payments… Continue Reading
China Is Writing the Story of the Climate Future
The New York Times:”They called it a “summer of disasters” in June, and as the summer wore on, the pattern held: unprecedented extreme temperatures across South Asia; then two distinct heat waves across the United States, bringing health advisories to a total of 200 million people; and three heat waves across Europe, where thousands died… Continue Reading
Climate Change and Wellbeing Around the World
Gallup: “While much is known about the environmental and economic effects of climate change, there has been less systematic analysis of how rising temperatures affect quality of life around the world. This analysis represents a preliminary effort to quantify and track the impact of rising temperatures on people’s lives by combining geospatial Gallup survey results… Continue Reading
Law Library of Congress Report Examines Economic Espionage Laws in Selected Countries
In Custodia Legis: “A recently published Law Library of Congress report, Economic Espionage Laws, “addresses economic espionage laws and the regulation of fraudulent filing of corporate, import-export, and banking documentation” in sixteen countries. The report consists of a comparative summary followed by individual country surveys for sixteen countries. The countries surveyed are Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan,… Continue Reading
