“The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University is pleased to announce the publication of Open Wireless vs. Licensed Spectrum: Evidence from Market Adoption, authored by Yochai Benkler, and published in the latest issue of the Harvard Journal of Law & Technology [download here]. The paper reviews evidence from eight wireless markets: mobile… Continue Reading
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Macroeconomic Effects of Alternative Budgetary Paths
Macroeconomic Effects of Alternative Budgetary Paths, February 2013 “Federal debt held by the public now exceeds 70 percent of the nations annual output (gross domestic product, or GDP) and stands at a higher percentage than in any year since 1950. Under an assumption whereby current laws generally remain unchanged, federal debt will be 77 percent… Continue Reading
OCLC Presentation – The Inside Out library: Scale, Learning, Engagement
“Lorcan Dempsey, OCLC’s Vice President, Research and Chief Strategist, presented these slides in his keynote on 23 January 2013 at the 21st annual BOBCATSSS Conference in Ankara, Turkey. Lorcan’s “The Inside Out library: Scale, Learning, Engagement” slides from this presentation are available for download from the OCLC Research website and for viewing on SlideShare.” Continue Reading
DOJ Sues Standard & Poors for Fraud in Rating Mortgage-Backed Securities in the Years Leading Up to the Financial Crisis
DOJ news release: “Attorney General Eric Holder announced today that the Department of Justice has filed a civil lawsuit against the credit rating agency Standard & Poors Ratings Services alleging that S&P engaged in a scheme to defraud investors in structured financial products known as Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities (RMBS) and Collateralized Debt Obligations (CDOs). The… Continue Reading
Report – CIA Secret Detention and Extraordinary Rendition
Open Society Foundation: “Following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the Central Intelligence Agency embarked on a highly classified program of secret detention and extraordinary rendition of terrorist suspects. The program was designed to place detainee interrogations beyond the reach of law. Suspected terrorists were seized and secretly flown across national borders to be… Continue Reading
America's Call For Higher Education Redesign
America’s Call For Higher Education Redesign, The 2012 Lumina Foundation Study of the American Public’s Opinion on Higher Education, January 2013. SNAPSHOT OF FINDINGS: “Nearly all Americans (97%) say having a degree or certificate beyond high school is at least somewhat important. Nearly all Americans (97%) say having a degree or certificate beyond high school… Continue Reading
Description of Civil Liberties and Privacy Protections in updated NCTC Guidelines
Description of Civil Liberties and Privacy Protections in the updated NCTC Guidelines, January 2013, Office of the Director of National Intelligence. “In March, 2012, the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), the Attorney General, and the Director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) approved the updated Guidelines for Access, Retention, Use, and Dissemination by the National… Continue Reading
Integration of Drones into Domestic Airspace: Selected Legal Issues
Integration of Drones into Domestic Airspace: Selected Legal Issues. Alissa M. Dolan, Legislative Attorney – Richard M. Thompson II, Legislative Attorney, January 30, 2013 “Under the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, P.L. 112-95, Congress has tasked the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) with integrating unmanned aircraft systems (UASs), sometimes referred to as unmanned aerial… Continue Reading
Aging and the Macroeconomy: Long-Term Implications of an Older Population
“The United States is in the midst of a major demographic shift. In the coming decades, people aged 65 and over will make up an increasingly large percentage of the population: The ratio of people aged 65+ to people aged 20-64 will rise by 80%. This shift is happening for two reasons: people are living… Continue Reading
Assessment of Advanced Solid State Lighting
“The standard incandescent light bulb, which still works mainly as Thomas Edison invented it, converts more than 90% of the consumed electricity into heat. Given the availability of newer lighting technologies that convert a greater percentage of electricity into useful light, there is potential to decrease the amount of energy used for lighting in both… Continue Reading
Federal Agencies Working to Make Homes Healthier / Improving housing quality can dramatically affect the health of residents
News release: “Several federal agencies today unveiled Advancing Healthy Housing A Strategy for Action…The initiative represents a bold new vision for addressing the nations health and economic burdens caused by preventable hazards associated with the home. The Strategy for Action encourages federal agencies to take preemptive actions that will help reduce the number of… Continue Reading
Did Securitization Lead to Riskier Corporate Lending?
Did Securitization Lead to Riskier Corporate Lending? by João Santos, Federal Reserve Bank of New York “Theres ample evidence that securitization led mortgage lenders to take more risk, thereby contributing to a large increase in mortgage delinquencies during the financial crisis. In this post, I discuss evidence from a recent research study I undertook with… Continue Reading
