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Andrew McAfee, co-founder of MIT’s Initiative on the Digital Economy, will join the Russell Sage Foundation as a Visiting Scholar for the spring term, starting in January 2015.

McAfee, who was previously a professor at Harvard Business School and a fellow at Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society, is currently a principal research scientist at the Center for Digital Business in the MIT Sloan School of Management. He is the author of the 2009 book Enterprise 2.0, and co-author of the 2014 the book The Second Machine Age. McAfee’s current research focuses on the influence of information technology (IT) on business and how IT changes the way companies perform, organize themselves, and compete.

During his time in residence at the Foundation, McAfee will work on a book about the economic and social implications of recent rapid progress in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). His study will trace the ways in which artificial intelligence is evolving, and analyze how these changes may impact jobs and wages, income inequality, and the health of individuals and communities.

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The Coal Miners' Insecurity

Facts About Irregularity of Employment in the Bituminous Coal Industry in the United States
Author
Louis Bloch
Ebook
Publication Date
50 pages

About This Book

This pamphlet, published in 1922, is a collection of data drawn from publications issued by various state and federal bureaus, which show some of the economic facts behind the unrest of the miners in the bituminous or soft coal industry. It aims to outline certain vital facts which affected the daily working life of the coal miner and explain the workers’ willingness to strike in defense of wages.

LOUIS BLOCH, Department of Industrial Studies, Russell Sage Foundation

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The Master Plan

Author
Edward M. Bassett
Ebook
Publication Date
151 pages

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This handbook, published in 1922, serves as an introduction to zoning, covering the spread of the movement, the reasons for zoning, the experiences of various zoned cities, and the legal pitfalls, with a discussion of the theory of community land planning legislation.

EDWARD M. BASSETT was chairman of the Zoning Committee of New York.

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The Longshoremen

Author
Charles B. Barnes
Ebook
Publication Date
287 pages

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Published in 1915, this report provides an account of the working conditions and wages of longshoremen in the United States in the early twentieth century. It highlights the problems that come with intermittent employment and casual labor.

CHARLES B. BARNES was fellow at the Bureau of Social Research, New York School of Philanthropy, and director of New York State Public Employment Bureau.

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Some Conditions Affecting Problems of Industrial Education in 78 American School Systems

Author
Leonard P. Ayres
Ebook
Publication Date
23 pages

About This Book

This 1935 pamphlet from the Division of Education at the Russell Sage Foundation details the investigation of American city school systems in 1913 to gather facts concerning the boys in these schools from kindergarten to the last year in high school and the fathers of these boys, to secure a more definite fact basis in the field of industrial education.

LEONARD P. AYRES was director of the Division of Education at the Russell Sage Foundation.

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The Relative Responsibility of School and Society for the Over-Age Child

Author
Leonard P. Ayres
Ebook
Publication Date
6 pages

About This Book

This pamphlet, published in 1911, looks into the causes which contribute to making a child over-age for his grade and if the responsibility lies with the school. Conclusions presented demonstrate the importance of studying the progress of school children as well as their distribution by ages and grades.

LEONARD P. AYRES was director of the Division of Education at the Russell Sage Foundation.

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Psychological Tests in Vocational Guidance

Author
Leonard P. Ayres
Hardcover
Publication Date
6 pages

About This Book

This 1913 paper examines the use of psychological tests in selecting applicants who are best fitted to perform work for positions in certain occupations and industries. Also studied is the possibility of using psychological tests for the purpose of selecting fitting vocations for people.

LEONARD P. AYRES was director of the Division of Education at the Russell Sage Foundation.

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Open-Air Schools

Author
Leonard P. Ayres
Ebook
Publication Date
171 pages

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Published in 1910, this book presents the essential features and a brief history of the open-air school, a new type of schooling held almost entirely in the open air, with education focusing on outdoor life.

LEONARD P. AYRES was director of the Division of Education at the Russell Sage Foundation.

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Mortality and Survival in the Grades

Author
Leonard P. Ayres
Ebook
Publication Date
3 pages

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This article, published in the Journal of Education in 1909, argues for more research in regards to the proportion of children who enter schools in relation to how many complete the elementary course. It proposes diligent study on the number of new pupils entering public schools to better facilitate educational administrators.

LEONARD P. AYRES was director of the Division of Education at the Russell Sage Foundation.

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Medical Inspection Legislation

Author
Leonard P. Ayres
Ebook
Publication Date
53 pages

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A 1911 survey of state legislation requiring medical inspections for schools and institutions.

LEONARD P. AYRES was director of the Division of Education at the Russell Sage Foundation.

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