The Great Recession and import protection: The role of temporary trade barriers
2011 study by the World Bank on how the global economic crisis that took place from 2008 to 2009 has impacted the multilateral trading system.
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Civil movements: Facebook and Twitter in the Arab Spring
2011 study by the Dubai School of Government on social networking access and usage during the region’s 2011 democracy movements.
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Covering private and small companies
Five top places to find stories about small and private businesses, which make up more than 98% of all U.S. firms
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2008 U.S. presidential primaries through the lens of prediction markets
2011 study by Stanford University and the California Institute of Technology on how the presidential primary system shapes certain outcomes.
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Bundle of joy: Does parenting really make us miserable?
2011 study by Arizona State and Santa Clara University on the correlation between parenting and happiness.
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Digital media education and online civic and political participation
2010 paper from the MacArthur Foundation’s Youth and Participatory Politics research project on youth media literacy and civic participation.
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2011 Report on the Carnegie-Knight Initiative on the Future of Journalism Education
Report produced by Harvard’s Shorenstein Center on the progress shown in journalism schools participating in a nationwide reform movement
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Research chat: Alexis Madrigal of The Atlantic talks icebergs, Google Scholar and his process
The Atlantic’s Alexis Madrigal reflects on his sequence of Web-based research for an online article, “The Many Failures and Few Successes of Zany Iceberg Towing Schemes.”
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Head Start impact: Department of Health and Human Services report
2010 report by the Department of Health and Human Services on the cognitive development and physical health outcomes of Head Start students.
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Wealth gaps rise to record highs among whites, blacks and Hispanics
2011 report by the Pew Research Center compared data from the Survey of Income Program and Participation (SIPP) in 2005 and 2009.
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