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CBS News
50 years of tax cuts for the rich failed to trickle down, economics study says
December 17, 2020
Meanwhile, almost 8 million Americans have fallen into poverty since the start of the pandemic through November, according to new data released by the University of Chicago and the University of Notre Dame.
ND Experts
Economics; Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO)
Politico
Did Beijing miss its soft power moment?
December 17, 2020
“The mass arrests and heavy jail terms have just barely begun,” and “there is not much the rest of the world can do to change the general direction of the crackdown,” Victoria Tin-Bor Hui, a professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame, tells China Watcher.
ND Experts
Political Science
Crux
Top Vatican officials call for world free of nuclear weapons
December 17, 2020
The webinar was sponsored by the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development in partnership with the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs at Georgetown University; Georgetown University Press; Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame; and the Catholic Peacebuilding Network.
Business Insider
Nearly 8 million Americans fell below the poverty line since the summer as the government stopped writing checks for stimulus, unemployment, and small business aid
December 16, 2020
In the past five months alone, some 7.8 million Americans fell into poverty, according to a new report released Wednesday by researchers at the University of Chicago and the University of Notre Dame.
ND Experts
Economics; Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO)
CNBC
Without more jobless benefits, almost 5 million people will fall into poverty, including 1.3 million kids
December 16, 2020
Nearly 8 million people joined the ranks of the poor between June and November, according to a separate paper published Tuesday by researchers at the University of Chicago, University of Notre Dame and Zhejiang University.
ND Experts
Economics; Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO)
The Washington Post
Nearly 8 million Americans have fallen into poverty since the summer
December 16, 2020
The poverty rate jumped to 11.7 percent in November, up 2.4 percentage points since June, according to new data released Wednesday by researchers at the University of Chicago and the University of Notre Dame.
ND Experts
Economics; Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO)
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The Washington Post
The Daily 202: Picking Buttigieg for Transportation shows Biden taking a Swiss Army knife approach to filling Cabinet
December 16, 2020
The poverty rate jumped to 11.7 percent in November, up 2.4 percentage points since June, according to new data from the University of Chicago and Notre Dame.
ND Experts
Economics; Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO)
Forbes
A $900 Billion Covid-19 Aid Compromise Is Coming Together And Some Progressives Aren’t Happy
December 16, 2020
7.8 million. That’s how many Americans have fallen into poverty since June as critical CARES Act benefits expired, according to new research from the University of Chicago and the University of Notre Dame.
ND Experts
Economics; Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO)
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Forbes
Largest Increase In U.S. Poverty Recorded In 2020
December 16, 2020
“There are two ways to counteract this upward trend in poverty: One is a dramatic improvement in the labor market. The other is more support from the federal government,” said James X. Sullivan, a Notre Dame professor.
ND Experts
Economics; Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO)
The Hill
Nearly 8 million Americans fell into poverty since June: study
December 16, 2020
The national poverty rate rose by 2.4 percentage points from 9.3 percent in June to 11.7 percent in November, putting 7.8 million people below the poverty line, according to the paper from Notre Dame’s James X. Sullivan, Chicago’s Bruce D. Meyer, and Jeehoon Han of Zhejiang University.
ND Experts
Economics; Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO)
The New York Times
China Brings Moon Rocks to Earth, and a New Era of Competition to Space
December 16, 2020
“They represent a completely different era of lunar history and will definitely help in our quest to understand the evolution of our moon,” wrote Clive R. Neal, a professor of civil engineering and geological sciences at the University of Notre Dame who said he would love a chance to examine the new samples.
ND Experts
Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences
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The New York Times
What Happens to the Unemployed When the Checks Run Out
December 14, 2020
According to estimates by Bruce D. Meyer of the University of Chicago, James X. Sullivan of the University of Notre Dame and Jeehoon Han of Zhejiang University, 11.4 percent of Americans subsisted with incomes below the official poverty line by October, up from 9.3 percent in June.
ND Experts
Economics; Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO)
Ars Technica
~18,000 organizations downloaded backdoor planted by Cozy Bear hackers
December 14, 2020
Mike Chapple, a teaching professor of IT, Analytics, and Operations at the University of Notre Dame, said the tool is widely used to manage routers, switches, and other network devices inside large organizations.
ND Experts
Mendoza
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The Washington Post
D.C. publishes reams of coronavirus data. Some say it brings more questions than answers.
December 12, 2020
The goal is “isolating people while they’re still infectious and preventing further infection,” said Alex Perkins, a professor of epidemiology at Notre Dame university, who has identified problems with the District’s data.
ND Experts
Department of Biological Sciences
The Wall Street Journal
Biden’s Cabinet and White House Picks: Who They Are and What We Know
December 10, 2020
Since leaving the White House, Denis McDonough has been teaching at the University of Notre Dame and overseeing a research program that tracks and evaluates the presidential transition.
MarketWatch
Facebook hit with antitrust suits that seek to ‘unwind’ Instagram, WhatsApp acquisitions
December 10, 2020
Indeed, it will be difficulty for the government to explain how actions that Facebook took six to eight years ago are continuing to harm competition today, says Notre Dame Law School Professor Stephen Yelderman, a former trial attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division.
The Economist
How China’s Communist Party trains foreign politicians
December 10, 2020
In 2018 Ghana’s ruling centre-right New Patriotic Party (npp) asked for such training in part to “deepen its ideological skills”, found Joshua Eisenman of the University of Notre Dame, an expert on the department’s activities in Africa.
Associated Press
Airbnb prices shares at $68 ahead of Thursday IPO
December 10, 2020
Patrick Corrigan, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame who specializes in IPOs, said the investor reaction to DoorDash bodes well for Airbnb.
ND Experts
Notre Dame Law School
Reuters
Facebook lawsuits don't show much consumer harm, but must they?
December 10, 2020
Stephen Yelderman, a professor at Notre Dame law school and a former trial attorney at the Justice Department’s antitrust division, said the lawsuits lack compelling examples of consumer harm.
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The New York Times
End of ‘One Day at a Time’ Removes One of TV’s Few Latino Families
December 10, 2020
“To me, it’s a huge loss,” Jason Ruiz, an associate professor of American studies at the University of Notre Dame, said of the show.
ND Experts
American Studies
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The Wall Street Journal
Biden Chooses Ex-Obama Official to Lead Department of Veterans Affairs
December 10, 2020
Since leaving the White House, Denis McDonough has been teaching at the University of Notre Dame and overseeing a research program that tracks and evaluates the presidential transition.
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The Wall Street Journal
Facebook Case Presents Test for Antitrust Enforcement, Federal Courts
December 10, 2020
Notre Dame law professor Stephen Yelderman, a former Justice Department antitrust attorney, said the case “is unquestionably one of the most important antitrust enforcement actions of a generation.”
CNN
A firm that helps protect businesses and cities from cyberattacks just got hit by one
December 09, 2020
Mike Chapple, a cybersecurity expert at the University of Notre Dame and a former National Security Agency official, called the FireEye breach "an extraordinarily significant attack."
ND Experts
Mendoza
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Business Insider
Hackers stole $3.5 billion FireEye's prized 'red team' hacking tools — here's why that's bad news and why they existed in the first place
December 09, 2020
"These attackers reached into FireEye's infrastructure and stole their crown jewels," said Mike Chapple, a professor of IT, analytics, and operations at Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business and former NSA computer scientist.
ND Experts
Mendoza