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Monthly Archives: November 2013
Commentary – Is There a Future for Solos and Small Firms?
Sam Glover: “Susskind’s most-recent book, Tomorrow’s Lawyers, is short and worth a read, but I will try to do it justice in brief. Basically, the future according to Susskind will come about due to three drivers of change: Clients, who are demanding more work for less money 2. Liberalization, or the spread of non-lawyer ownership; and 3. Technology… Continue Reading
Paper – The New Speech
The New Speech – Andrew Tutt, Yale University – Information Society Project, Yale University – Law School. July 17, 2013. 41 Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly, 2014 “Could the government prevent Facebook from deleting an individual’s Facebook account without first following government-prescribed procedures? Intervene to require Google to conduct its search engine rankings in a certain manner, or subject Google… Continue Reading
Advocacy Groups – General Assembly Should Pass Strong Resolution on Right to Privacy in the Digital Age
Human Rights Watch: “The United Nations General Assembly should approve a new resolution and make clear that indiscriminate surveillance is never consistent with the right to privacy, five human rights organizations said in a November 20, 2013 letter to members of the United Nations General Assembly. After heated negotiations, the draft resolution on digital privacy initiated by Brazil and Germany emerged on… Continue Reading
OECD Health at a Glance 2013
“This seventh edition of Health at a Glance provides the latest comparable data on different aspects of the performance of health systems in OECD countries. It provides striking evidence of large variations across countries in the costs, activities and results of health systems. Key indicators provide information on health status, the determinants of health, health… Continue Reading
BEA – Local Area Personal Income: New Estimates for 2012
“Personal income growth slowed in 2012 in most of the nation’s 381 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs), according to estimates released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Personal income growth slowed in 311 MSAs, accelerated in 65 MSAs, and remained unchanged in 5 MSAs. On average, MSA personal income rose 4.2 percent in 2012,… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports – Minority Aids Initiative, 2020 Census
MINORITY AIDS INITIATIVE Consolidation of Fragmented HIV/AIDS Funding Could Reduce Administrative Challenges, GAO-14-84, NOV 21, 2013 2020 CENSUS Additional Actions Could Strengthen Future Census Test Designs, GAO-14-26, Nov 20 2013 Continue Reading
Trends in Health Care Cost Growth and the Role of the Affordable Care Act
Council of Economic Advisors, November 2013 – Trends in Health Care Cost Growth and the Role of the Affordable Care Act “The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was passed against a backdrop of decades of rapid growth in health care spending in the United States. While much of this historical increase reflects the development of new… Continue Reading
Guardian – Fisa court documents reveal extent of NSA disregard for privacy restrictions
Spencer Ackerman, UK Guardian article – “Newly declassified court documents indicate that the National Security Agency shared its trove of American bulk email and internet data with other government agencies in violation of specific court-ordered procedures to protect Americans’ privacy. The dissemination of the sensitive data transgressed both the NSA’s affirmations to the secret surveillance court about the… Continue Reading
New guidance limits antibiotics for common infections in children
CDC: “Every year as many as 10 million U.S. children risk side effects from antibiotic prescriptions that are unlikely to help their upper respiratory conditions. Many of these infections are caused by viruses, which are not helped by antibiotics. This overuse of antibiotics, a significant factor fueling antibiotic resistance, is the focus of a new report… Continue Reading
Ebbing global liquidity and monetary policy interactions
Ebbing global liquidity and monetary policy interactions – Speech by Mr Jaime Caruana, General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements, given at the Central Bank of Chile Fifth Summit Meeting of Central Banks on Inflation Targeting: “Global liquidity, capital flows and policy coordination”, Santiago, Chile, 15 November 2013 “This speech reconsiders monetary policy interactions in the light of the… Continue Reading
Can non-interest rate policies stabilise housing markets?
Can non-interest rate policies stabilise housing markets? Evidence from a panel of 57 economies by Kenneth N Kuttner and Ilhyock Shim, Working Papers No 433. November 2013 “Using data from 57 countries spanning more than three decades, this paper investigates the effectiveness of nine non-interest rate policy tools, including macroprudential measures, in stabilising house prices and housing credit. In conventional panel… Continue Reading
