Month: October 2021

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NBN Book of the Day - Scott Sumner, “The Money Illusion: Market Monetarism, the Great Recession, and the Future of Monetary Policy” (U Chicago Press, 2021)

Is it possible that the consensus around what caused the 2008 Great Recession is almost entirely wrong? It's happened before. Just as Milton Friedman and Anna Schwartz led the economics community in the 1960s to reevaluate its view of what caused the Great Depression, the same may be happening now to our understanding of the first economic crisis of this century.

Foregoing the usual relitigating of the problems of housing markets and banking crises, renowned monetary economist Scott Sumner argues that the Great Recession came down to one thing: nominal GDP, the sum of all nominal spending in the economy, which the Federal Reserve erred in allowing to plummet. 

The Money Illusion: Market Monetarism, the Great Recession, and the Future of Monetary Policy (University of Chicago Press, 2021) is an end-to-end case for this school of thought, known as market monetarism, written by its leading voice in economics. Based almost entirely on standard macroeconomic concepts, this highly accessible text lays a groundwork for a simple yet fundamentally radical understanding of how monetary policy can work best: providing a stable environment for a market economy to flourish.

Scott Sumner is the Ralph G. Hawtrey Chair of Monetary Policy at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. He is also Professor Emeritus at Bentley University and Research Fellow at the Independent Institute.

Kirk Meighoo is Public Relations Officer for the United National Congress, the Official Opposition in Trinidad and Tobago. His career has spanned media, academia, and politics for three decades.

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New Books in Native American Studies - Dina Gilio-Whitaker, “As Long As Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice from Colonization to Standing Rock” (Beacon Press, 2019)

Through the unique lens of “Indigenized environmental justice,” Indigenous researcher and activist Dina Gilio-Whitaker explores the fraught history of treaty violations, struggles for food and water security, and protection of sacred sites, while highlighting the important leadership of Indigenous women in this centuries-long struggle. As Long As Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice from Colonization to Standing Rock (Beacon Press, 2019) gives readers an accessible history of Indigenous resistance to government and corporate incursions on their lands and offers new approaches to environmental justice activism and policy.

Throughout 2016, the Standing Rock protest put a national spotlight on Indigenous activists, but it also underscored how little Americans know about the longtime historical tensions between Native peoples and the mainstream environmental movement. Ultimately, she argues, modern environmentalists must look to the history of Indigenous resistance for wisdom and inspiration in our common fight for a just and sustainable future.

John Cable will begin a teaching appointment at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in January 2022. He earned the Ph.D. in history at Florida State University in 2020.

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Land of the Giants - One App Store to Rule Them All

Apple has always maintained it knows what’s best for its customers. But now governments and developers are trying to change the way Apple runs its highly profitable iPhone App Store. What happens if Apple can no longer hold its tight grip on the iPhone and the way we interact with the world?

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The NewsWorthy - Police Fight Mandates, Tech Execs Testify & Circus Comeback- Wednesday, October 27th, 2021

The news to know for Wednesday, October 27th, 2021!

We have new updates about COVID-19 vaccines for young kids. They're one step closer to being on the market. 

Also, some of the very first people to be eligible for vaccines are now under intense pressure to get them. First responders are taking new mandates to court. 

Plus, new details about the movie set shooting, what TikTok, Snap, and YouTube executives had to say on Capitol Hill, and what was once the biggest circus in the world is preparing for a comeback without some of its headliners.

Those stories and more in about 10 minutes! 

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In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt - Getting Kids Vaccinated (with Richard Besser)

Andy begins with the big news: a vaccine for kids seems imminent. He breaks down the FDA vaccine advisory committee’s vote recommending authorization of the Pfizer vaccine, and outlines the next steps to get shots for 5-11 year-olds as soon as possible. Then, he calls up Dr. Richard Besser, President and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. They discuss what our response to COVID could mean for future public health crises and how we come back from the entrenched, tribalistic camps we find ourselves in today. Plus, the lessons we should be taking away from the death of General Colin Powell.

 

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Security Unlocked - Securing Modern Software

The newfound popularity of the internet in the nineties spurned an obsession with hacking. Unfortunately, most movies believed that it wasn't possible to show real hacking and still be entertaining; hence all the awkward video game graphics and characters living in sketchy basements regularly yelling out, "We're in!" while pounding on their keyboards. I'd also like to address their outfit choices but now is not the appropriate time. The point is, hackers have been portrayed as the same character repeatedly when in reality, there are many possibilities to turn these skills into a legitimate career.    

In this episode of Security Unlocked, hosts Natalia Godyla and Nic Fillingham are joined by Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Veracode Chris Wysopal. In the ’90s, Chris was one of the first vulnerability researchers at The L0pht, a hacker think tank, where he publicized his findings on the dangers of insecure software. Chris shares guidance for anyone getting started with modern secure software development, the best tools to monitor for vulnerabilities in open-source code, and shares what he believes is one of the greatest threats to software development. 

  

In This Episode You Will Learn:    

  • How to use open-source code safely 
  • Best tools for monitoring vulnerabilities 
  • How to detect and respond to threats to insecure software 

 

Some Questions We Ask:    

  • What is modern secure software development?  
  • What are the biggest threats to software today?  
  • How should companies allocate ownership of secure code across the software development lifecycle? 

 

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Listen to: Afternoon Cyber Tea with Ann Johnson  

Listen to: Security Unlocked: CISO Series with Bret Arsenault  

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What A Day - Facing The Facebook Papers with Mike Isaac

Facebook is in the crosshairs after a drumbeat of stories over the last few weeks all stemming from a set of documents called the Facebook Papers. Some of those documents detailed how the company prioritized engagement over user safety, and described its failure to moderate hate speech and misinformation across the world. We spoke to Mike Isaac, a tech correspondent at the New York Times who has been wading through all of this. 


And in headlines: cyclones drenched the East and West Coasts, Congressional Democrats rushed to finalize the details of the climate and social policy bill, and Disneyland raised its prices this week.


Show Notes:

NYT: Mike Isaac – https://www.nytimes.com/by/mike-isaac


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The Daily Signal - Former Soros Activist Explains How Progressive Policies Ruined San Francisco

There’s a crisis in San Francisco. Homelessness has skyrocketed and drug use is rampant. 


Michael Shellenberger moved to San Francisco in 1993 to work on liberal causes, and even spent time working for George Soros' foundation. He advocated the decriminalization of drugs and promoted drug treatment programs. But, Shellenberger says, he began to worry when he saw the number of drug overdose deaths in America rise from 17,000 in 2000 to more than 70,000 by 2017. 


“Clearly, we are in the midst of a massive drug crisis,” Shellenberger says, “and it felt like nobody was offering a particularly clear explanation of it or offering very good solutions.” 


Out of frustration over the problems he was seeing in San Francisco and other liberal cities, Shellenberger became determined to diagnose the problems driving the homeless crisis and find solutions. He presents the result of his research and investigation in his new book, “San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities.” 


Shellenberger joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss how the left’s "victim" ideology has harmed West Coast cities and what can be done to save those communities from complete ruin. 


We also cover these stories: 

  • The Ohio School Boards Association ends its formal relationship with the National School Boards Association over the national group's letter associating irate activist parents with “domestic terrorism.” 
  • Republican members of the House Judiciary Committee ask Attorney General Merrick Garland to withdraw his memo directing the FBI and Justice Department to investigate incidents involving aggrieved parents and local school boards.
  • Biological males no longer are allowed to compete on women’s scholastic sports teams in Texas.


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What Could Go Right? - A Future We Want with Yancey Strickler

We all want a more generous world, but how do we design the future we want? In our Season 1 finale, Yancey Strickler, co-founder of Kickstarter and founder of The Bento Society, talks with us about rethinking our self-interests and imagining and creating a better tomorrow.

What Could Go Right? is produced by The Progress Network and The Podglomerate.

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