Category «Economy»

How CBO Analyzes the Economic Effects of Changes in Federal Subsidies for Education and Job Training

How CBO Analyzes the Economic Effects of Changes in Federal Subsidies for Education and Job Training Keith Hall on May 3, 2017 “The Congress requires the Congressional Budget Office, to the greatest extent practicable, to assess the effects on the economy of “major” legislation that Congressional authorizing committees approve and to incorporate those effects into …

Subjects: Economy, Education, Financial System, Government Documents

Little Free Libraries®: Interrogating the impact of the branded book exchange

SCHMIDT, Jane; HALE, Jordan. Little Free Libraries®. Journal of Radical Librarianship, [S.l.], v. 3, p. 14-41, apr. 2017. ISSN 2399-956X. Available at: <https://journal.radicallibrarianship.org/index.php/journal/article/view/17>. Date accessed: 19 apr. 2017. “In this article, we critique the phenomenon of Little Free Libraries® (LFL®), the non-profit organization dedicated to sharing books with one’s neighbours. Through our engagement with the …

Subjects: Economy, Education, Knowledge Management, Libraries

Bipartisan Policy Center’s Nominations Tracker for Fin Reg positions

“The Bipartisan Policy Center’s Nominations Tracker allows you to monitor the status of pending nominations and open positions for select financial regulatory agencies. You can search records going back to 2000 by name, agency, position, or nomination status in the tracker and records going back to 1981 in the downloadable raw data. The search bar …

Subjects: Congress, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents

Comparing the Compensation of Federal and Private-Sector Employees, 2011 to 2015

“The federal government employs about 2.2 million civilian workers—1.5 percent of the U.S. workforce—spread among more than 100 agencies in jobs that represent over 650 occupations. As a result, the government employs workers with a broad complement of talents, skills, and experience, and it competes with other government and private-sector employers for people who possess …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents

The Future of Jobs and Jobs Training

Pew – May 3, 2017: The Future of Jobs and Jobs Training – “As robots, automation and artificial intelligence perform more tasks and there is massive disruption of jobs, experts say a wider array of education and skills-building programs will be created to meet new demands. There are two uncertainties: Will well-prepared workers be able …

Subjects: Economy, Education, Energy, Financial System, Health Care, Knowledge Management, Medicine

Animation Maps Two Centuries of US Immigration

“Metrocosm is [a]collection of maps and other data visualization projects — trying to make sense of the world through numbers created by Max Galka, a guy who is fascinated by data. [His] latest project Blueshift is a tool for designing dynamic maps, like some of the ones I post here. My other current project, FOIA Mapper, aims to …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Economy, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

The State of Black America Report

“The State of Black America®, the National Urban League’s seminal annual publication, now in its 41st edition, has become one of the most highly-anticipated benchmarks and sources for thought leadership around racial equality in America across economics, employment, education, health, housing, criminal justice and civic participation. Each edition of the State of Black America® contains …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Economy, Education, Financial System, Government Documents, Knowledge Management

Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals 2017

World Bank – “The Atlas is built around World Development Indicators 2017 – the World Bank’s compilation of statistics from over 200 economies about global development and the quality of people’s lives. For each of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, selected indicators have been identified and visualized to analyze trends and challenges, and to stimulate …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Climate Change, Economy, Food and Nutrition, Free Speech, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Health Care

Report – Insurgency, Terrorism and Organised Crime in a Warming Climate

Nett, Katharina and Lukas Rüttinger 2016: Insurgency, Terrorism and Organised Crime in a Warming Climate. Analysing the Links Between Climate Change and Non-State Armed Groups. Berlin: adelphi. “Over the past ten years, both our understanding and awareness of the links between climate change and security have increased tremendously. Today the UN, the EU, the G7 …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Climate Change, Economy, Energy, Environmental Law, Financial System, Food and Nutrition