Category «Economy»

UK House of Commons Library on Ukraine Crisis

“This page features Commons Library publications relevant to the current crisis in Ukraine. On 24 February 2022 Russia launched military action in Ukraine, with forces crossing into the country from Belarus in the north, Russia in the east and Crimea in the south. President Putin has said Russia, acting in self defence, was launching a …

Subjects: Defense, Economy, Education, Government Documents, Legal Research

Stress in America Money, inflation, war pile on to nation stuck in COVID-19 survival mode

“March 11, 2022, marks the second anniversary of the COVID-19 global pandemic declaration by the World Health Organization. In the two years since that declaration, virtually all aspects of life have been altered. To better understand the impact of the past two years on individual stress, the American Psychological Association partnered with The Harris Poll …

Subjects: Economy, Education, Energy, Financial System, Food and Nutrition, Health Care

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, March 6, 2022

Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, March 6, 2022: Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Economy, Privacy

These maps from satellite data show how much Earth has changed in only five years

Fast Company: “In a new global map based on the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-2 satellite data from 2017-2021, the mapping company Esri has created a detailed rendering of the current state of the planet that anyone can explore. In the past, land use mapping has been slow, because it’s done pixel-by-pixel and requires a long …

Subjects: Climate Change, Economy, Energy, Environmental Law, Knowledge Management

Migration, Refugee and Asylum Data Explorer

Our World in Data: Migration, Refugee and Asylum Data Explorer “Explore the migration of people across the world.Poverty, disease, hunger, climate change, war, existential risks, and inequality: The world faces many great and terrifying problems. It is these large problems that our work at Our World in Data focuses on.Thanks to the work of thousands …

Subjects: Defense, Economy, Education, Energy, Financial System, Poverty

Majority of workers who quit a job in 2021 cite low pay, no opportunities for advancement, feeling disrespected

“The COVID-19 pandemic set off nearly unprecedented churn in the U.S. labor market. Widespread job losses in the early months of the pandemic gave way to tight labor markets in 2021, driven in part by what’s come to be known as the Great Resignation. The nation’s “quit rate” reached a 20-year high last November. A …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Health Care

LLRX February 2022 Issue

LLRX Articles and Columns for February 2022 Offense v. Defense – The goal of this paper by Andrew Pittman, MSU Law-3L, is a call for a new strategy on cybersecurity. Pittman’s paper begins with real life incidents of cybercrime attacks on critical infrastructures abroad and in the U.S. Second, it defines what is offensive cybersecurity …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Defense, Economy, Education, Financial System, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Privacy, Social Media

As law schools admit more students, will there be enough jobs?

American Bar Association Journal: “Following a reported 13% increase in law school applications, five of 196 ABA-accredited law schools expanded their first-year classes by more than 50% for the 2021 admissions cycle, and 36 saw growth between 20% and 41%. Overall, there was an increase of almost 12% for students admitted during the 2021 law …

Subjects: Economy, Education, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Benchmarking Diversity and Inclusion in Media and Entertainment: The Audience Representation Index

“The World Economic Forum’s Power of Media Initiative has developed a first-of-its-kind Audience Representation Index, providing a benchmark for how well consumers see themselves represented in film and TV, gaming, news and magazines, and sport – and whether those industries are contributing to community and society. This report, produced in collaboration with Accenture, Ipsos and …

Subjects: Economy, Education, Financial System, Legal Research

IRS Audits Poorest Families at Five Times the Rate for Everyone Else

Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC): “A large increase in federal income tax audits targeting the poorest wage earners allowed the Internal Revenue Service to keep overall audit numbers from further declines for Americans as a whole during FY 2021. That resulted in these low-income wage earners with less than $25,000 in total gross receipts being …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Legal Research, Poverty