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Monthly Archives: May 2015
Nine Charts about Wealth Inequality in America
Urban Institute: “Why hasn’t wealth inequality improved over the past 50 years? And why, in particular, has the racial wealth gap not closed? These nine charts illustrate how income inequality, earnings gaps, homeownership rates, retirement savings, student loan debt, and lopsided asset-building subsidies have contributed to these growing wealth disparities.” Continue Reading
The 2014 IndustryWeek 1000
“The IndustryWeek 1000 is IW’s exclusive annual ranking of the world’s largest public manufacturers, based on revenue. Use this free database to view the entire 2014 IW 1000 (based on 2013 revenue) and to sort the list alphabetically, or by ranking, industry, and financial performance measures.” Continue Reading
CISCO Visual Networking Index Forecast
“We are in an era where technological advances are happening at an exponential rate. According to Cisco’s Visual Networking Index Forecast, in just four years you can expect to see the number of mobile devices skyrocket, non-PC devices to reign supreme, and online video to do a complete takeover of television. Head’s up—maybe it’s time… Continue Reading
The Essential Federal Role in Highway Research and Innovation
“[Transportation Research Board] TRB Special Report 317: The Essential Federal Role in Highway Research and Innovation summarizes conclusions and advice on the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA’s) critical role in highway research, development, and technology (RD&T) that have been developed over the years by TRB’s Research and Technology Coordinating Committee (RTCC). The RTCC is charged to… Continue Reading
Library of Congress Requests Comments on Pilot Demographic Group Vocabulary
“As part of its ongoing effort to provide effective access to library materials, the Library of Congress is developing a new vocabulary, entitled Library of Congress Demographic Group Terms (LCDGT). This vocabulary will be used to describe the creators of, and contributors to, resources, and also the intended audience of resources. It will be created… Continue Reading
Internet Archive – One Million Audio Cover Images for Research
Internet Archive – “Culled from various sources, this collection includes over one million JPG, PNG and GIF album covers. The resolution ranges from “thumbnail” through to very large sizes. Filenames are variant in usefulness, although a good number indicate at least the name of the original album. This dataset is for experimentation and image processing… Continue Reading
Stabilizing Wage Policy
Kurz, Mordecai, Stabilizing Wage Policy (May 27, 2015). Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2612175 “Summary: A rapid recovery from deflationary shocks that result in transition to the Zero Lower Bound (ZLB) requires that policy generate an inflationary counter-force. Monetary policy cannot achieve it and the lesson of the 2007-2015 Great Recession is that growing debt… Continue Reading
BEA’s New Data Tool Provides Fast Access to Trade and Investment Stats for Countries
Commerce.gov – “A new data tool–International Trade and Investment Country Facts Application–on the Bureau of Economic Analysis website gives users a snapshot of statistics on trade and investment between the United States and another country by simply clicking on a world map. These fast facts at your fingertips can include: Total exports, imports and trade… Continue Reading
From cancer to feet: the power of Twitter in healthcare
MedCityNews – “Why should Twitter care about healthcare, other than the obvious reason that it’s a $3 trillion industry just in the U.S.? Because consumers care about the kind of influence, support and resources that social media can uncover, according to Craig Hashi, one of two Twitter engineers dedicated to healthcare. Speaking Sunday at the… Continue Reading
2015 Update: Can I Bring My Gun? A Fifty State Survey of Firearm Laws Impacting Policies Prohibiting Handguns in Public Libraries
Gleason, Diana, 2015 Update: Can I Bring My Gun? A Fifty State Survey of Firearm Laws Impacting Policies Prohibiting Handguns in Public Libraries (May 13, 2015). Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2605937 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2605937 “In Capital Area District Library v. Michigan Open Carry, 826 N.W. 2d 736 (2012), the Michigan Court of Appeals concluded that… Continue Reading
Google Photos One home for all your photos – organized and easy to find
https://photos.google.com/ Auto upload from all your devices – Back up and view a lifetime of photos across all your devices. Edits made once appear on all your devices. Automatically organized and searchable See all your photos organized by people, places, and things. Search by what you remember about a photo, no description needed. Easily edit… Continue Reading
