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“This report updates the National Employment Law Project previous analyses of job loss and job growth trends during and after the Great Recession. We find that during the recession (2008 Q1 to 2010 Q1), employment losses occurred throughout the economy, but were concentrated in mid-wage occupations. By contrast, during the recovery (2010 Q1 to 2012 …
Monetary Policy since the Onset of the Crisis. Chairman Ben S. Bernanke At the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Economic Symposium, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, August 31, 2012. “While there is substantial evidence that the Federal Reserve’s asset purchases have lowered longer-term yields and eased broader financial conditions, obtaining precise estimates of the effects of …
NOAA: “The combined average temperature over global land and ocean surfaces for July was the fourth highest on record for July, at 61.52°F (16.42°C) or 1.12°F (0.62°C) above the 20th century average. The margin of error associated with this temperature is ±0.16°F (0.09°C). July marked the 36th consecutive July and 329th consecutive month with a …
An Information Approach to Trademarks, Deven R. Desai. Georgetown Law Journal, Vol. 100, No. 6, (2012) via SSRN “Trademark laws current conception of information and how trademarks enable information transmission is underdeveloped. It has led to a world where trademark law hinders rather than fosters the flow of information in markets. Instead of promoting information …
Fen Montaigne: “Scientists say this years record declines in Arctic sea ice extent and volume are powerful evidence that the giant cap of ice at the top of the planet is on a trajectory to largely disappear in summer within a decade or two, with profound global consequences.” “As the northern summer draws to a …
What’s Happening to Biodiversity? (Infographic)
