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The Impact of GDP shocks on Fertility Rates

The Lowe Down

In the US, fertility rates have been steadily declining since the 2008 Financial Crisis, where “births have sunk below replacement level” (Miller). A study of the Great Recession’s impact in the United States found that “in 2007, the birth rate was 69.1 births per 1,000 women ages 15 to 44; in 2012, the rate was 63.0

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Learning what not to do from the New England Patriots football team

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

From " Design Thinking ," American Libraries, 2008 I used action planning concepts when I did a pedestrian and bicycle plan for Baltimore County (" Best practice bicycle planning for suburban settings using the "action planning" method ," 2010). I think every discussion I had with Bill, he understood value.”

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Social Media for Social Good: What role does social media play in creation of and sustainability of social movements? A Social Movement Case Study Examining Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party.

Public Policy Blog

Prolific proponent of the networked society Manuel Castells (2011) describes mass media being displaced by mass self-communication (Deluca, Lawson, & Sun, 2012) in altering the communication model from one-to-one to many-to-many. 2013; Bennett, Breunig, & Givens, 2008).