Category: Gender and Sex
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Religion Links
1. Business Insider: A Fascinating New Poll Shows That Americans Are Losing Faith In God A new Harris Poll released today reveals that only 74% of Americans believe in God, an 8% decline since 2009. Before today, U.S. adults had remained fairly consistent in their religious beliefs — 82% of U.S. respondents previously reported that…
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How sexual equality increases income inequality
Economist: How sexual equality increases income inequality The economist has an excellent presentation (less than two minutes) on how assortative mating has influenced income inequality. This closing chart sums it up. Fifty years ago, there weren't many well-educated women with high earning potential. In fact, the percentage of adults with college degrees in 1960 (overwhelmingly…
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Economic Development Links
1. EconLog: On Sweatshops: They're Better Than the Alternative – Art Carden … Here's some of what I wrote them specifically: Sweatshops are an important exercise in appreciating the difference between what we see (people in sweatshops) and what we don't see (the jobs they would have if they didn't have sweatshop opportunities). Sweatshops employ…
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Science and Technology Links
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in Evolution, Gender and Sex, Health and Medicine, History, Human Progress, Links – Science and Technology, Politics, Public Policy, Science, Technology (Biotech & Health), Technology (Digital, Telecom, & Internet), Technology (Energy), Technology (Food & Water), Technology (Manufacturing & Construction)), Technology (Transportation & Distribution), Trends: Economic, Trends: SocialI've gotten very behind on my links pages. Here is my attempt to catch up on science and technology links. Sorry for the length, but there is some good stuff here. I'll have another post with environment links shortly. 1. Ancient Origins.net: Entire Neanderthal genome finally mapped – with amazing results This incredible research has…
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Economics Links
1. The Atlantic: If You Really Care About Ending Poverty, Stop Talking About Inequality Don’t mind the rich-poor gap. Statistical analysis shows three factors—overall income growth, marriages, and local government spending—matter most for poorer children chasing the American Dream. … … But for all the new attention devoted to the 1 percent, a new dataset…
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Economics Links
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1. Carpe Diem: 5 Reasons Why 2013 Was The Best Year In Human History Fewer people are dying young, and more are living longer. … Global economic growth in the past five decades has dramatically reduced poverty and made people around the world happier. … War is becoming rarer and less deadly. … Rates of…
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Economics Links
1. Poor and Middle Class Incomes Have Increased Significantly "… Using this more sophisticated cost-of-living adjustment, which is preferred by the Congressional Budget Office and Federal Reserve Board, the increase in median household income was not 5 percent but 16 percent from 1979 to 2012. In 2007, like 1979 a peak in the business cycle,…
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Hans Rosling: How much do you know about the world? [Video]
BBC: Hans Rosling: How much do you know about the world? Be sure to click through to the article and see the 2.5 minute video. Many people don't know about the enormous progress most countries have made in recent decades – or maybe the media hasn't told them. But with the following five facts everyone…
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Economic Development Links
1. Why the Millennium Development Goals Need the Church (and Vice Versa) – Richard Stearns … Christians can bring to the table a unique perspective on poverty that can help to solve its insidious nature. Poverty is often a matter of broken relationships as much as it is about lacking material things. A community's values…
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Saturday Links
1. How effective has the Millennium Villages Project been? Here is a recent Op Ed in the NYT the Millennium Villages Project by Joe Nocerra, Fighting Poverty, and Critics. 2. Global Economic Growth Has Hit A Two-And-A-Half Year High 3. What Every U.S. Family Really Needs for a Minimum Living Standard … Computers have become…