A Recessionary Mirror Across the Pond
Having spent a good deal of our time examining the path of the downturn and recovery within America’s own metropolitan areas, it’s great to see other organizations doing the same--and doing it with cool technology. READ MORE >>
The Great Recession and Inequality
Sharpen Your Pencils for Education Innovation
Pop quiz: You read a draft notice for a federal grant program containing the terms, “internal validity,” “quasi-experimental,” “regression discontinuity,” and “interrupted time series.” The program in question is: a) A CDC program to fund pre-development of the porcupine flu vaccine b) An FDA program to spur commercialization of an at-home test for polonium in your food c) A NASA program to support design of a low-cost module that will allow humans to populate Venus READ MORE >>
Smarter Dumb Tax Policy
Where Are the Long-Term Unemployed?
Birds of a Feather--HUD’s Neighborhood-Based Housing Strategy
Is Immigration Down in the U.S.?
Today’s release of data from the 2008 American Community Survey offers demographic data-hounds their first detailed glimpse of the effects that the Great Recession is having on America’s population (no income and poverty numbers yet, however). READ MORE >>
Community Colleges Hit the Prime Time
Last night marked the debut of a new NBC sitcom, “Community.” Normally these things come and go in my household—and the rest of the nation—without too much notice (remember “Kath and Kim"? I didn’t think so). READ MORE >>
All Over the Map
“First Fridays” these days find Wall Street investors and Washington policymakers and pundits holding their collective breath. At around 8:30 AM, on the first Friday of each month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases the latest round of job and unemployment figures. And then the buying, selling, and spinning begins. READ MORE >>
