IBISWorld is a comprehensive collection of Industry Market Research. The in-depth research reports include key statistics, industry conditions, market characteristics, industry performance, external market drivers, key success factors, and 5-year revenue forecasts for each US industry. Detailed written analysis provides explanations and insights. Continue reading
March 2013 Database of the Month
Inter-University Consortium For Political And Social Science (ICPSR) acquires, preserves, enhances, and distributes original social science research data for research and instruction.
ICPSR data span many disciplines including sociology, political science, criminology, history, education, demography, gerontology, international relations, public health, economics, and psychology.
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Political & Rights Issues & Social Movements (PRISM), a digital collection, is being highlighted in observance of International Workers’ Day or Labor Day. PRISM, a digitization collaboration of Florida Atlantic University and University of Central Florida libraries, features a collection of pamphlets from the 19th and 20th centuries reflective of leftist and liberal views and experiences not dissimilar to those of today.
PRISM is one of several collections in the Publication of Archival, Library & Museum Materials (PALMM), a cooperative digital initiative of the 11 state university libraries of Florida to provide access to source materials for research and scholarship.
News Item: President Barack Obama’s administration has drawn fire from left-leaning economists for continuing to bail out banks with hundreds of billions in taxpayer money. Some observe how this is a continuation of George W. Bush’s administrative policies. Many of these economists had been supportive of Obama’s bid for the presidency in the lead up to the November 2008 election. Paul Krugman, 2008 winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics; Joseph Stigletz, former World Bank Chief Economist; and Robert Reich, Secretary of Labor in the Clinton administration; among others, argue that greater spending on social programs and infrastructure will have a more positive influence on the economy in the long term than propping up banks destined for failure.
Contributed by James F. Tracy, Assoc. Professor, Communication and Multimedia Studies
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Access and search international economic statistics, books, and journals published by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
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This Subscription has been made possible through a joint commitment between the FAU Libraries, and the College of Business.
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News Item: A couple of weeks ago, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) had taken control of the Pasadena, California-based IndyMac Bancorp due to losses from defaulted mortgages. Are more ban collapses on the way? Included here are select titles that examine bank failures, deregulation, and management.
Bailout: An Insider’s Account of Bank Failures and Rescues
By Irvine H. Sprague. Basic Books, 1986
Call Number: HG2491 .S67 1986
Bank Mergers in a Deregulated Environment: Promise and Peril
By Bernard Shull. Quorum Books, 2001
Call Number: HG1722 .S585 2001 (Also available via NetLibrary)
Belly Up: The Collapse of the Penn Square Bank
By Phillip L. Zweig. Crown Publishers, 1985
Call Number: HG2613 .O354 P419 1985
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