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New Stuff Tuesday – April 30

The Occupy Handbook: Edited by Janet Byrne HC110 .I5 O24 2012 New Arrivals, 2nd floor I had the fortune of traveling to New York for the first time in the fall of 2011. As I walked around the Financial District, … Continue reading

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How the World Works talk

Author and journalist Andrew Leonard will talk about How the world works: the interconnections between globalization, energy policy, economics, the environment, and politics… and everything else in between (Wow!) at 7 p.m. on Monday, February 11, in the Irvin L. … Continue reading

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Lecture series: Brazil, Russia, India, China

The Spring 2012 Fairhaven Lecture Series has the theme “B.R.I.C. (Brazil, Russia, India, China)” and will help you learn about these emerging economies and how they are affecting world power relations. All lectures in this series are free, open to … Continue reading

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Top International Business Stories of 2011

Euromonitor, the provider of the Passport GMID, has shared their top ten articles of 2011*, which provides insight into the main growth areas and concerns in the current business environment. *shared with permission from the publisher Top 10 Consumer Trends … Continue reading

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New Stuff Tuesday – January 11

Spend Shift: How the Post-Crisis Values Revolution Is Changing the Way We Buy, Sell & Live by John Gerzema & Michael D’Antonio HC110 .C6 G475 2011 New Book Island, 2nd floor Continuing on the theme of new year’s resolutions [hopefully … Continue reading

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New Stuff Tuesday – January 4

Against Health: How Health Became the New Morality edited by Jonathan Metzl & Anna Kirkland RA418 .A53 2010 New Book Island, 2nd floor This is by far my favorite time of year. It’s the perfect opportunity to come up with … Continue reading

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World Development Report

As a follow-up to a post back in April about the World Bank releasing its data, they just announced that they have also opened up the World Development Report to the world for the same cost: free. That includes access … Continue reading

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Economic Data for Free? Yes, Please.

I confess. I’m a sucker for free stuff. More specifically, I like finding credible, well-respected information freely available online. So when the World Bank announced that they were opening up their statistical resources for free, you can imagine that I’m … Continue reading

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New Stuff Tuesday – March 2

Playbooks and Checkbooks: An Introduction to the Economics of Modern Sports by Stefan Szymanski GV717 .S993 2009 New Book Island, 2nd floor With the Olympics closing this past weekend, the NBA and NHL in the middle of their seasons and … Continue reading

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Test & improve financial literacy

How’s your financial IQ? According to the executive summary of the FINRA Investor Education Foundation‘s 2009 report “Financial Capability in the United States,” respondents to a national survey demonstrated a low level of financial literacy. Here are couple of places … Continue reading

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