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Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Decent Work (Wednesday, 5/1/02)
Decent Work is a report from the Director-General of the International Labor Organization, and proposes a principal goal for the ILO during a period of tremendous global change.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Complete Electronic Statistics Textbook (Thursday, 5/2/02)
We're all for spelling "statistics" with an "r" rather than an "s" so that it can be made one of the basic "three r's" in education. In the modern world, we're surrounded by phenomena which are inherently statistical, so trying to discuss these things or make decisions about them without statistics is like trying to deal with pharmacy while leaving out all that stuff about chemistry.
Realistically, the general public is not going to develop a functional understanding of inferential statistics, and most leaders or professionals outside technical fields probably never will either. However, even if only the basic concepts of descriptive statistics--usually only the first few pages of an elementary statistics textbook--were to become "common knowledge," the world would work differently.
But, if you'd like to go beyond the very, very basic, basic, so as to better understand much of what is going on around you, there are no more excuses. Here's the Complete Electronic Statistics Textbook.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Encyclopedia of Finance (Friday, 5/3/02)
Ameritrade wants you to have access to basic financial information, so here's their primer. It's the Encyclopedia of Finance.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: BAIT (Saturday, 5/4/02)
Yesterday, we offered help in learning basic financial principles, and the day before pointed to an online sadistics...er, statistics...textbook. Now, here's help for upgrading your bookkeeping and accounting skills. It's BAIT: Bookkeeping and Accounting Interactive Tutor.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: BestPlaces (Sunday, 5/5/02)
If you're looking for a good place to retire, you can use some of the same information many magazines use. Here's BestPlaces with a lot of information on many of those places as well as how people are living in them.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Financial Psychology Corporation (Monday, 5/6/02)
Is "financial psychology" a recognized specialty within the general field of psychology? Ah, well, no. Nonetheless, if you are interested in better understanding your own or other people's relationship to money, there are people who are willing to help you try. Here's Kathleen Gurney's Financial Psychology Corporation.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Sustainable Development Strategy (Tuesday, 5/7/02)
Here's the Canadian government's plan for improving Canada's economic condition during the early years of the 21st century: Sustainable Development Strategy.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Mercer Human Resource Consulting (Wednesday, 5/8/02)
Mercer Human Resource Consulting is a major HR firm with roots going back 65 years. It has offices in 140 cities in 40 countries.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Blue Collar Dollar (Thursday, 5/9/02)
Paul Petillo's Blue Collar Dollar is intended as a financial education center to help people become debt free and to build a secure retirement.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Kaiser Family Foundation (Friday, 5/10/02)
Health care information could affect your retirement location plans. The Kaiser Family Foundation provides health care information for all of the states.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Coalition on Human Needs (Saturday, 5/11/02)
The Coalition on Human Needs is an alliance of civil rights, religious, labor and professional organizations that favor public policies that meet the needs of vulnerable populations.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Hispanic Business (Sunday, 5/12/02)
Hispanics make up a rapidly growing segment of the American population, and can be expected to impact on American society in a variety of ways during the years immediately ahead, culturally, linguistically, politically, and certainly economically. The print magazine Hispanic Business has a web site, and here it is.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Child Care Statistics (Monday, 5/13/02)
The Bureau of the Census periodically collects child care statistics in its Survey of Income and Program Participation.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Population Research Institute (Tuesday, 5/14/02)
What does PRI stand for? Public Radio International? Well, yes, but besides that. Partido Revolutionario Institucional, the party that dominated the Mexican government for 71 years until the election of Vicente Fox in 2000? Well, yes, that too, but besides that. PRI also stands for the Population Research Institute, the organization at Penn State University that maintains ambitious research programs on many issues having to do with population in the U.S. as well as globally.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: ERS Summer Internship Positions (Wednesday, 5/15/02)
The Economic Research Service at the United States Department of Agriculture offers summer internship opportunities in economics or information systems.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Survey of Current Business (Thursday, 5/16/02)
The Bureau of Economic Analysis at the United States Department of Commerce publishes Survey of Current Business in both print and online editions. Archives are also available online.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: The Center for Economic Studies (Friday, 5/17/02)
The United States Bureau of the Census maintains its Center for Economic Studies in order to assist governmental, academic, and business researchers and policy makers.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Encyclopedia of the New Economy (Saturday, 5/18/02)
It's important to think of "the new economy," not simply in terms of "dot-com companies," but as something far more fundamental and multi-faceted. Here's an Encyclopedia of the New Economy for help in gaining perspective.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Institute for Development Policy and Management (Sunday, 5/19/02)
The Institute for Development Policy and Management is located at Britain's University of Manchester. It conducts research and training relating to developing and transitional economies.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Wages.com (Monday, 5/20/02)
Wages.com is an Australian jobs site that also offers access to wage and salary information.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: The Entrepreneur Test (Tuesday, 5/21/02)
Can you tell whether you really have what it takes to start your own business by taking The Entrepreneur Test? We have no idea. It all depends on whether sufficient research has been done on the "test" to demonstrate statistical reliability and validity. However, the site also offers an interesting discussion of entrepreneurs and contains links to many interesting or useful sites if you're thinking about starting a business.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy (Wednesday, 5/22/02)
Here's PBS' companion web site for its recently broadcast six-hour documentary series called Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy which is based on the Daniel Yergin and Joseph Stanislaw book by the same name. Among other things, the book, TV series, and web site provide an historical context for current issues having to do with globalization and trace the long contest between the ideas of Keynes and Hayek, two of the most influential economists or recent centuries.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Taxes by State (Thursday, 5/23/02)
Who wouldn't like to look forward to a retirement that is as non-taxing as possible. What a happy state! Actually, you may want to take into consideration the tax burden you'll be facing when choosing a state to work in as well.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Social Security Benefits Planner (Friday, 5/24/02)
How large will your Social Security checks be? Here's the Social Security Benefits Planner from the Social Security Administration.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Shovelbums (Saturday, 5/25/02)
Shovelbums may be able to help you obtain employment in archeology. It will help if you're an archeologist, of course.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Estate Planning: FAQ (Sunday, 5/26/02)
Do you intend to write your last check to the undertaker and hope it bounces, or would you like to leave something behind for some of the people are likely to survive you? Here are some frequently asked questions, as well as some that may not be asked all that frequently, from the National Network of Estate Planning Attorneys. At any rate, there are LOTS of questions and lawyerly answers to guide your planning for a time when you will not be here.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Investment Reading List (Monday, 5/27/02)
Here's a suggested reading list that can be considered a home-study course on investing from Efficient Frontier.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: State Child Care Profiles (Tuesday, 5/28/02)
These State Child Care Profiles provide information and access to additional resources for each state and comes to you from the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Office of Foreign Assets Control (Wednesday, 5/29/02)
The Office of Foreign Assets Control is a division of the United States Department of Treasury and works in service of U.S. foreign policy and national security by enforcing sanctions against targeted states and other organizations that sponsor terrorism or narcotics trafficking.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Sustainable Development Online (Thursday, 5/30/02)
Sustainable Development Online comes from the European Foundation and includes access to extensive database resources relevant to debates having to do with sustainable development issues.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Civil Rights Center (Friday, 5/31/02)
The Civil Rights Center is a creation of the United States Department of Labor and assists in the enforcement of laws prohibiting discrimination, among other responsibilities.
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