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Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Small States: Meeting the Challenges in the Global Economy (Friday, 8/1/03)
Small States: Meeting the Challenges in the Global Economy is a 127-page report from the World Bank examining the special development problems of the world's independent states with populations of fewer than 1.5 million persons.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Office of University Partnerships (Saturday, 8/2/03)
The Office of University Partnerships was established by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to help higher education take advantage of funding opportunities in order to make a difference in their communities.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Faith and Philanthropy (Sunday, 8/3/03)
Faith and Philanthropy examines the relationship between religious and secular giving. Among the findings: Over eighty-five percent of households who contribute to religious organizations also provide financial support to secular organizations. The report comes from the National Council of Churches and an organization called the Independent Sector.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Calculate Your Take-Home Pay (Monday, 8/4/03)
Want to determine just how much money you're really earning? Calculate your take-home pay and more at paycheckcity.com.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Advance Child Credit Status (Tuesday, 8/5/03)
Do you qualify for the Advance Child Credit? You can find out by entering a little information on the Internal Revenue's site intended to help you learn what you want to know without having to call them. The IRS started mailing checks out on July 25 to those taxpayers whose Social Security number's last two digits are in the 00-33 range. For those in the 34-66 range, checks were mailed August 1. Finally, checks to qualified persons in the 67-99 range will be mailed August 8.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: America's Most Literate Cities (Wednesday, 8/6/03)
The University of Wisconsin's Jack Miller investigates literacy as an attribute of "quality of life." His study examines the literacy rankings of the sixty-four largest cities in the United States.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Canadian Subsidy Directory (Thursday, 8/7/03)
The Canadian government offers more than 2000 subsidies, grants, or loans, all of which are described in the 2003 edition of the Canadian Subsidy Directory. The publication will cost you, but here's a description and information about how it can be obtained.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Baby Boomers Envision Their Retirement (Friday, 8/8/03)
The so-called "baby-boomers"--persons born between 1946 and 1964--make up the largest generation in American history, about 76 million people. What do they expect their retirement to be like? Among the organizations that are likely to be greatly affected as this huge cohort ages is what used to be called the American Association of Retired People, but which is now officially named just AARP. AARP's study, Baby Boomers Envision Their Retirement: An AARP Segmentation Analysis, finds, among many other things, that the majority of boomers expect to work during their retirement.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Brookings Policy Briefs (Saturday, 8/9/03)
Washington, D. C.'s famous policy "think-tank", The Brookings Institution, now makes many of its policy briefs available online, arranged by date.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: EconEdLink (Sunday, 8/10/03)
EconEdLink will be of interest to academic people in search of course content, as well as people who want to increase their understanding of selected economic issues.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Corporate Crime Reporter (Monday, 8/11/03)
Legal professionals, various types of scholars, and people who are simply curious about corporate crime, corporate criminals, or the legal specialty that deals with both have been reading Corporate Crime Reporter since it began publishing in 1986.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: UCLA Center for Health Policy Research (Tuesday, 8/12/03)
The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research has approximately 60 staff members. Much of its work focuses on health policy issues in the State of California, but many of its reports are of broader interest.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Handbook of Methods (Wednesday, 8/13/03)
In its Handbook of Methods, the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics describes the methods used in obtaining and preparing economic data for its reports.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: USDA Economics and Statistics System Reports (Thursday, 8/14/03)
Add your name to the USDA's mailing list, and you will receive USDA Economics and Statistics System Reports automatically within hours of their release.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: National Centre for Development Studies (Friday, 8/15/03)
Australia's National Centre for Development Studies examines development issues in East Asia and the South Pacific, as well as other regions. Its working papers are available free online.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: The Blackout History Project (Saturday, 8/16/03)
The Blackout History Project examines the big blackouts of 1965 and 1977.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Life Insurance Needs Estimator (Sunday, 8/17/03)
How much coverage do you need? You may choose to use this Life Insurance Needs Estimator to help you find out. Will the results be accurate? We don't know either. Look at the tool's source, and make up your own mind.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: National Association for the Self-Employed (Monday, 8/18/03)
The National Association for the Self-Employed claims to be the leading resource for people starting or operating "micro-businesses." Among other things, you can ask questions of small business specialists.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Doubling Up (Tuesday, 8/19/03)
According to the National Science Foundation, in 1997, more than 11 percent of scientists and engineers held second jobs. Here's a NSF 2001 report from 2001 on who these people were and what their motivation was at the time.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: CTI Economics (Wednesday, 8/20/03)
The Computers in Teaching Initiative Centre for Economics is located on the campus of the UK's University of Bristol, and includes an electronic archive of the Computers in Higher Education Economics Review newsletter.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Starting Your Business (Thursday, 8/21/03)
Here's advice and information you may need for Starting Your Business from the Small Business Administration.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Kauffman Entrepreneur Internship Program (Friday, 8/22/03)
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation supports the Kauffman Entrepreneur Internship Program in order to enable students to learn by working side-by-side with people who are starting businesses. The Foundation makes grants to colleges and universities.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies (Saturday, 8/23/03)
The Bank of Japan's Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies conducts policy-related research on economic and financial issues. Also, look at their virtual museum that traces the development of Japan's currency.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Biz/ed Question Bank - Economics (Sunday, 8/24/03)
Check your knowledge of 39 topics in economics by responding to multiple-choice questions from the Biz/ed Question Bank from the United Kingdom.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: La Follette School of Public Affairs (Monday, 8/25/03)
The La Follette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin arose from a movement founded on the idea that government exists to serve the public before corporate interests.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Census of India (Friday, 8/29/03)
The Census of India comes from a government agency that could be called the bureau of very big numbers, but isn't. With nearly a billion people and adding more than 43,000 persons each day, India is the second most populous nation on earth behind China. However, demographers are forecasting may surpass China later this century.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Supply-Side University (Saturday, 8/30/03)
Jude Wanniski may be best-known for his book, The Way the World Works, as well as his Wall Street Journal articles. His Supply-Side University is intended as a tutorial in supply-side economics, for which he has been a major advocate.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Special Report on the U.S. Economy (Sunday, 8/31/03)
Here's a Special Report on the U.S. Economy from the Washington Post.
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