Day archives: December 25th, 2010

Two Essays Diverge on Power of Social Media

Small Change – Why the revolution will not be tweeted, by Malcolm Gladwell: “he world, we are told, is in the midst of a revolution. The new tools of social media have reinvented social activism. With Facebook and Twitter and the like, the traditional relationship between political authority and popular will has been upended, making …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Free Speech, Internet, Knowledge Management

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: Changes to the Regulation of Derivatives and their Impact on Agribusiness

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: Changes to the Regulation of Derivatives and their Impact on Agribusiness, By Michael K. Adjemian and Gerald E. Plato, Outlook Report No. (AIS-89) 21 pp, November 2010 “The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act makes significant changes to Federal regulation of the U.S. over-the-counter …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legislation

AARP: Impact of Modernizing the American Poverty Measure on the Poverty Status of Older Persons

“The current official poverty rate does not provide adequate information about who is poor or whether key programs are helping to make progress against poverty. According to a new PPI Fact Sheet, Impact of Modernizing the American Poverty Measure on the Poverty Status of Older Persons, by Ke Bin Wu of the AARP Public Policy …

Subjects: Government Documents