Nones on the Rise: One-in-Five Adults Have No Religious Affiliation – “The number of Americans who do not identify with any religion continues to grow at a rapid pace. One-fifth of the U.S. public and a third of adults under 30 are religiously unaffiliated today, the highest percentages ever in Pew Research Center… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: October 2012
Chronicle of Higher Education: Research Libraries Increase Spending on Digital Materials
Alisha Azevedo: “Spending by research libraries appears to be rising, especially for digital materials, according to new data from the Association of Research Libraries. The data are part of the association’s Library Investment Index, which ranks the association’s member libraries each year based on total library expenditures, salaries and wages of professional staff, spending on… Continue Reading
CRS – Jordan: Background and U.S. Relations
Jordan: Background and U.S. Relations, Jeremy M. Sharp, Specialist in Middle Eastern Affairs. October 3, 2012 “The United States has provided economic and military aid, respectively, to Jordan since 1951 and 1957. Total U.S. aid to Jordan through FY2012 amounted to approximately $13.1 billion. Levels of aid have fluctuated, increasing in response to threats faced… Continue Reading
The Federal Budget Deficit Totaled $1.1 Trillion in 2012, CBO Estimates
CBO Monthly Budget Review – Based on the Monthly Treasury Statement for August and the Daily Treasury Statements for September October 5, 2012 “The federal budget deficit was about $1.1 trillion in fiscal year 2012, CBO estimates, approximately $200 billion less than the shortfall recorded in 2011. At 7.0 percent of gross domestic product, the… Continue Reading
IMF – World Economic Outlook – Coping with High Debt and Sluggish Growth
“The World Economic Outlook (WEO) presents the IMF staff’s analysis and projections of economic developments at the global level, in major country groups (classified by region, stage of development, etc.), and in many individual countries. It focuses on major economic policy issues as well as on the analysis of economic developments and prospects. It is… Continue Reading
Economic Value of the Advertising-Supported Internet Ecosystem
“Between 2007 and 2011, a period when U.S. civilian employment was essentially flat, the number of jobs that rely on the U.S. ad-supported internet doubled to 5.1 million, according to Economic Value of the Advertising-Supported Internet Ecosystem, a study commissioned by the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB). The ad-supported digital industry directly employs 2 million Americans,… Continue Reading
Study: Banking and Trading
Boot, Arnoud W. A. and Ratnovski, Lev, Banking and Trading (September 13, 2012). Amsterdam Law School Research Paper No. 2012-85; Amsterdam Center for Law & Economics Working Paper No. 2012-08. Available at SSRN. “We study the effects of a banks engagement in trading. Traditional banking is relationship-based: not scalable, long-term oriented, with high implicit capital,… Continue Reading
New on LLRX.com – Statistics Resources and Big Data on the Internet
Via LLRX.com: Statistics Resources and Big Data on the Internet – Marcus P. Zillman has compiled a best practices bibliography of sites and reliable sources focused on the hot topic of statistics and big data. These sources are representative of multiple publishers, national and global – government, academia, NGOs, and industry, many of which leverage… Continue Reading
Most US Internet Users Want 'Do Not Track' to Stop Collection of Data about their Online Activities
Hoofnagle, Chris Jay, Urban, Jennifer M. and Li, Su, Privacy and Modern Advertising: Most US Internet Users Want ‘Do Not Track’ to Stop Collection of Data about their Online Activities (October 8, 2012). Amsterdam Privacy Conference, 2012. Available at SSRN. Most Americans have not heard of ‘Do Not Track,’ a proposal to allow Internet users… Continue Reading
October 2012 Update for TIGER: Tracking Indexes for Global Economic Recovery
“In collaboration with the Financial Times (FT), Eswar Prasad and Karim Foda of Brookings have developed a set of composite indexes which track the global economic recovery. The Financial Times has produced the Tracking Indexes for the Global Economic Recovery (TIGER) interactive map, which appears on the Financial Times Web site. The global economic recovery… Continue Reading
App Law within: Rights and Regulation in the Smartphone Age
Mac Sithigh, Daithi, App Law within: Rights and Regulation in the Smartphone Age (September 2012). Edinburgh School of Law Research Paper No. 2012/22. Available at SSRN. “This paper assesses the regulation of smartphone ‘app stores.’ At the outset, the adoption of smartphones and apps is noted, alongside the ways in which scholars and journalists have… Continue Reading
White Paper on Educational Technology in Schools
“When used appropriately, educational technology is a tool to assist with implementation of the Common Core Standards, help raise graduation rates, and prepare students for life beyond K-12 education. Technology employed in isolation, without direct instruction, or highly qualified guidance, fails to address these concerns. It is the intent of this AASL [American Association of… Continue Reading
