Category «Economy»

HBR – What Millennials Want from Work, Charted Across the World

Harvard Business Review – Henrik Bresman, February 23, 2015: “As more Millennials assume leadership positions around the world, organizations are becoming increasingly concerned with how to ensure their success. However, most existing research on those born between the early ‘80s and late ‘90s is skewed toward understanding what a narrow, typically Western, population wants. Conclusions …

Subjects: Economy, Knowledge Management

Financial Regulators Issue Guidance Encouraging Youth Savings Programs

“Five federal financial regulatory agencies today issued guidance to encourage federally insured depository institutions to offer youth savings programs to expand the financial capability of young people. The guidance also provides answers to frequently asked questions related to the establishment of these programs. Many financial institutions already collaborate with schools to establish programs that allow …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents

Alaska Leads U.S. States in Well-Being for First Time

“This story is part of Gallup’s annual “State of the States” series, which reveals state-by-state differences on political, economic, religion and well-being measures.” “WASHINGTON, D.C. — Alaska residents had the highest well-being in the nation in 2014, reaching the top spot for the first time since Gallup and Healthways began tracking well-being in 2008. West …

Subjects: Economy, Health Care

Can the FCC Attract a Full House for the 2016 Broadcast Incentive Auction?

Kagan Media Appraisals: “Our assignment was to prepare an analysis of the financial capacity and competitive appetite of the wireless carriers, in particular AT&T and Verizon, to fully participate in back-to-back AWS-3 and 600 MHz Incentive auctions, assuming a 2016 start date for the 600 MHz Incentive Auction. This report is for informational purposes only …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents

The Geography of Economic Segregation in America’s Metros

“The MPI aims to deepen our understanding of economic prosperity. Housed at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, MPI’s mission is to develop a new understanding of, and inform, the broader public conversation about shared and sustainable prosperity that should be an essential part of democratic capitalism.” “Americans have become increasingly sorted over …

Subjects: Economy, Housing, Poverty

Ambitious reforms can create a growth path that is both strong and inclusive – OECD

“Determined and systemic action to implement a comprehensive reform agenda across a wide range of policy areas offers governments the best chance to boost weak demand, restore healthy economic growth, create jobs and ensure that the gains are broadly shared across society, according to the OECD’s latest Going for Growth report.  The report assesses and compares …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System

2014 Housing Vacancy Survey Annual Statistics

“These statistics provide vacancy rates, homeownership rates and characteristics of units available for occupancy for the U.S., regions, states and the 75 largest metropolitan statistical areas. Data for all geographies are available both quarterly and annually. Homeownership rates are also tabulated by age of householder for the U.S. and regions and by race/ethnicity of householder …

Subjects: Economy, Government Documents, Housing

Cisco Visual Networking Index: Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast Update, 2014–2019

Cisco Visual Networking Index: Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast Update, 2014–2019: From the Summary – “Global mobile data traffic grew 69 percent in 2014. Global mobile data traffic reached 2.5 exabytes per month at the end of 2014, up from 1.5 exabytes per month at the end of 2013.Last year’s mobile data traffic was nearly 30 …

Subjects: E-Commerce, Economy, Internet, Privacy, Wireless Web

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Report on Cybersecurity Practices

FINRA Report on Cybersecurity Practices, February 2015 – Executive Summary – “Like many organizations in the financial services and other sectors, broker-dealers (firms) are the target of cyberattacks. The frequency and sophistication of these attacks is increasing and individual broker-dealers, and the industry as a whole, must make responding to these threats a high priority. …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Economy, Financial System, Internet

Analysis of the oil and gas industry’s case for fracking

The Public Accountability Initiative (PAI) Report – Frackademia in Depth: “In the wake of New York State’s decision to ban fracking, drilling proponents have criticized Governor Andrew Cuomo and his administration for basing the decision on “pseudo science” and “junk science.” When asked about the New York fracking ban at his 2015 “State of American …

Subjects: Economy, Energy, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

CRS – How Social Security Benefits Are Computed: In Brief

How Social Security Benefits Are Computed: In Brief. Noah P. Meyerson, Analyst in Income Security. February 4, 2015. “With about $900 billion in benefit outlays projected to be made in 2015, Social Security is the largest program in the federal budget. It provides monthly cash benefits to retired and disabled workers and their family members …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents

Why Do Many Reasonable People Doubt Science?

National Geographic – March 2015: “We live in an age when all manner of scientific knowledge—from the safety of fluoride and vaccines to the reality of climate change—faces organized and often furious opposition. Empowered by their own sources of information and their own interpretations of research, doubters have declared war on the consensus of experts. …

Subjects: Climate Change, Economy, Education, Government Documents, Health Care, Internet, Knowledge Management, Medicine