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Documents that Changed the World podcasts: Mao’s ‘Little Red Book’

By Guest PostSeptember 16, 2012Politicsbenjamin franklin, chairman, changed, China, cultural revolution, death, documents, joe janes, little red book, mao tsetung, monopoly, peter kelley, podcast series, population, quotations, that, the, wisdom, world

For the latest installment of his Documents that Changed the World podcast series, Joe Janes takes a look at a small book that had a huge impact.

“Quotations from Chairman Mao Tsetung,” also known as Mao’s “Little Red Book,” was published in 1965 and became one of the most widely printed and distributed books in history. Publication ceased in 1979 following Mao’s fall from favor and death but started again sporadically in 1993.

During Mao’s heyday, Janes notes, “(T)he goal was for 99 percent of the population of China to read it; it was an unofficial requirement to own, read and carry it at all times during the Cultural Revolution.” (more…)

How Public Should Public Records Be? Increased Availability Sparks Privacy Concerns

By Guest PostMay 16, 2012Media, Technologybatya friedman, changes in behavior, Facebook, james fogarty, mashup, online technology, pacific northwest, peter kelley, political campaign, privacy concern, public, public record, sean munson, university of washington, us citizen, us democracy, web, zillow and redfin

Online technology has vastly increased citizens’ access to public records such as political campaign contributions and real estate transactions. But that explosion of information availability also sparks privacy concerns and may dampen some people’s willingness to engage in public activities, according to recent research.

Six researchers, including two from the University of Washington, co-authored the paper “Attitudes Toward Online Availability of U.S. Public Records.” It was presented at the Proceedings of the 12th Annual International Digital Government Research Conference in College Park, Md. An expanded version of the article will appear in a forthcoming issue of Information Polity. (more…)

Decades-old Riddle in Economics — Solved?

By Guest PostFebruary 15, 2012Economyandrew schmitz, benefit cost analysis, british economist, dollar terms, economic field, kaldor hicks, kaldor hicks measure, logical loop, logical paradox, nicholas kalder, peter kelley, policy changes, practical benefit cost analysis, pros and cons, richard just, richard zerbe, scitovsky paradox, scitovsky reversals, sir john hicks, star trek, tibor scitovsky

You could say that the economic field of benefit-cost analysis has been stuck in a loop on a specific matter for 70 years — a kind of logical figure-eight that leads not forward, but back upon itself.

And you could further say that, together with colleagues, Richard Zerbe, longtime UW professor in the Evans School of Public Affairs, may have solved this logical paradox — or at least greatly clarified it. (more…)

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Documents that Changed the World podcasts: Mao’s ‘Little Red Book’

How Public Should Public Records Be? Increased Availability Sparks Privacy Concerns

Decades-old Riddle in Economics — Solved?