“The waste of a staggering 1.3 billion tonnes of food per year is not only causing major economic losses but also wreaking significant harm on the natural resources that humanity relies upon to feed itself, says a new FAO report. is the first study to analyze the impacts of global food wastage from an environmental perspective,… Continue Reading
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Risking your Health: Causes, Consequences and Interventions to Prevent Risky Behaviors
“A new World Bank report, Risking your Health: Causes, Consequences and Interventions to Prevent Risky Behaviors, warns that risky behaviors are increasingly prevalent globally, particularly in developing countries, and constitute a growing threat to the health of individuals and their populations. The report looks at how individual choices that led to five risky behaviors –smoking, using illicit… Continue Reading
Rules, Standards, and Complexity in the Cost Benefit Analysis of Capital Regulation
Rules, Standards, and Complexity in the Cost Benefit Analysis of Capital Regulation, Prasad Krishnamurthy – U.C. Berkeley School of Law; University of California, Berkeley – School of Law, Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy; University of California, Berkeley, December 1, 2013. Journal of Legal Studies, Forthcoming. “This article considers whether cost-benefit analysis can inform two important issues in… Continue Reading
From Food Insufficiency towards Trade Dependency
From Food Insufficiency towards Trade Dependency: A Historical Analysis of Global Food Availability. Miina Porkka; Matti Kummu, Stefan Siebert; Olli Varis. Published: December 18, 2013. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082714 “Achieving global food security is one of the major challenges of the coming decades. In order to tackle future food security challenges we must understand the past. This study presents a historical analysis of… Continue Reading
Impact of the Great Recession on Retirement Trends in Industrialized Countries
Brookings – Impact of the Great Recession on Retirement Trends in Industrialized Countries, by: Gary Burtless and Barry P. Bosworth | December 16, 2013 “The Great Recession had a large impact on unemployment rates and growth in wealthy industrial countries. When the recession began most rich countries were experiencing an increase in labor force participation rates after age 60. This paper… Continue Reading
New Services Track E-Book Reading Habits
NYT: As New Services Track Habits, The E-Books Are Reading You – “Several new e-book subscription services are analyzing the data of readers and providing it free.” Continue Reading
UK Guardian – Demand for food stamps soars as cuts sink in and shelves empty
More working Americans are lining up at emergency food banks and going hungry, as cuts to those programmes take effect, by Karen McVeigh. “Deep cuts to the US food stamps programme, designed to keep low-income Americans out of hunger in the aftermath of the economic recession, have forced increasing numbers of families such as theirs to rely… Continue Reading
CRS – Iraq: Politics, Governance, and Human Rights
Iraq: Politics, Governance, and Human Rights, Kenneth Katzman, Specialist in Middle Eastern Affairs. December 17, 2013 “Two years after the 2011 U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, sectarian divisions and the Sunni-led uprising in neighboring Syria have fueled a revival of radical Islamist Sunni Muslim insurgent groups that are attempting to undermine Iraq’s stability. Iraq’s Sunni Arab… Continue Reading
China’s Economic Rise: History, Trends, Challenges, and Implications for the United States
CRS – China’s Economic Rise: History, Trends, Challenges, and Implications for the United States, Wayne M. Morrison, Specialist in Asian Trade and Finance. December 17, 2013 “The rapid rise of China as a major economic power within a time span of about threedecades is often described by analysts as one of the greatest economic success stories… Continue Reading
Research – MetaPhone: The NSA’s Got Your Number
by Jonathan Mayer, a grad student at Stanford – Co-authored with Patrick Mutchler – via the Web Policy Blog “MetaPhone is a crowdsourced study of phone metadata. If you own an Android smartphone, please consider participating. In earlier posts, we reported how automated analysis of call and text activity can reveal private relationships, as well as how phone subscribers are closely… Continue Reading
How to Start Thinking Like a Data Scientist
HBR Blog – Thomas C. Redman – “Slowly but steadily, data are forcing their way into every nook and cranny of every industry, company, and job. Managers who aren’t data savvy, who can’t conduct basic analyses, interpret more complex ones, and interact with data scientists are already at a disadvantage. Companies without a large and growing… Continue Reading
Department of Veteran’s Affairs names Craig’s List Founder as “nerd in residence”
The Department of Veterans Affairs – Craig Newmark “Nerd in Residence” “Craigslist Founder Craig Newmark is a self-described nerd, as well as a pioneer of the Web, speaker, philanthropist, and a strong advocate of the use of technology for the public good. He joins the Center for Innovation as a Nerd-in-Residence to work with us in pursuing creative… Continue Reading
