Archive | Economy
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Column: Technology not the cause of job loss
Technology took our jobs! That is, according to Douglas Rushkoff, who declared in his article Are Jobs Obsolete? featured on CNN that, “New technologies are wreaking havoc on employment figures.” That makes perfect sense, right?
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Harvard grads win Nobel Prize in Economics
Christopher A. Sims and Thomas J. Sargent have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics. Both economists received their Ph.Ds from Harvard in 1968. Sims, a professor at Princeton U., and Sargent, a professor at New York U.
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Column: What does Occupy Wall Street change?
The recent protests across the United States are hopeful signs of something that has appeared, until now, to have been eliminated in the United States. A physical but peaceful example of frustration, covered by most major media institutions.
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Column: Occupy Wall Street protest is just a forum for ‘whiners’
The very exclusive 1 percent that Occupy Wall Street attacks became that 1 percent because it worked hard. And thus, I have not so endearingly nicknamed the protesters the “Wall Street Whiners.
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Column: Occupy Wall Street and the 2012 elections
The Left’s dream of a Tea Party equivalent has come true with the Occupy Wall Street movement. Don’t let that stop you nonpartisans and conservatives from taking part in it. This movement will be consequential.
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Editorial: Occupy Wall Street needs no demands
Over the last few weeks, Occupy Wall Street has gained steam and spawned solidarity protests in various cities around the country. The national media’s focus on the protesters’ lack of a single clear demand shows a fundamental misunderstanding of the nature of the Occupy Wall Street protests.
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Young people more likely to retire in poverty, according to study
Approximately half of California workers will retire in or near poverty, according to a study published Monday by the U. California Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education. The study details the fiscal consequences of the decline in secure retirement plans offered by California employers.
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Column: Runaway Medicare and Medicaid spending
Health care spending in the United States has been growing significantly faster than the national economy for several years, posing serious threats to the solvency of Medicare and Medicaid.
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Column: The Social Security taboo
First called the “third rail” of American politics by Speaker of the House Tip O’Neil in 1981, Social Security remains one of the most divisive programs in our budget.