Economists at the New York Fed came out today with a novel Big Data analysis on US student loan default rates. This is a critical issue for the US economy, with student indebtedness up 170% over the last decade and 28% default rates (a record...
We have the results to our recent bitcoin/crypto currency survey, done in conjunction with Triad Securities Corp. Thanks to all who participated, and we will be emailing the lucky prizewinners on Monday. A few words on the general characteristics...
This week marked another big election for strides towards more marijuana legalization. Here were some notable wins: New Jersey elected Phil Murphy as its next governor who campaigned on the issue. This is a big switch from his predecessor Chris...
The Authors Erik Brynjolfsson Andrew McAfee Backgrounds (From the back cover of the paperback edition): Erik Brynjolfsson is the director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy and one of the most cited scholars in information systems and...
The Author David Birch Background: Director of Innovation at Consult Hyperion, a consultancy the author helped to found. He is a widely quoted expert on digital identity and digital currency, with decades of real-world experience in these fields....
The Author Adam Plantinga Background: A career police officer with a B.A. in English and a second major in Criminology/Law Studies from Marquette University, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude in 1995. He has been on the job since...
