Category: Race

Social Science and Culture Links

Feb 24, 2014

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in Business, Education, Gender and Sex, Generations, Health and Medicine, History, Links – Social Science and Culture, Politics, Poverty, Public Policy, Race, Sociology, Vocation

1. Two informative articles in Forbes: A Tale Of Two Incomes: How To Handle Having More Money Than Your Friends and A Tale Of Two Incomes: How To Handle Having Less Money Than Your Friends 2. New Yorker: Why Your Name Matters … The effects of name-signalling—what names say about ethnicity, religion, social sphere, and…
50 Reasons We’re Living Through the Greatest Period in World History

Feb 21, 2014

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Huff Post Business (The Motley Fool): 50 Reasons We're Living Through the Greatest Period in World History I recently talked to a doctor who retired after a 30-year career. I asked him how much medicine had changed during the three decades he practiced. "Oh, tremendously," he said. He listed off a dozen examples. Deaths from…
Demography Links

Feb 13, 2014

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in Culture, Demography, Health and Medicine, Links – Demography, Public Policy, Race, Sociology, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

1. Business Insider: These Maps Show The Geography Of Interracial Marriage This map shows white and African American marriages. Go to the article to see maps for other ethnicities. 2. PBS: Study finds that divorce rate rises as economy improves … The divorce rate dipped from 2.09 percent to 1.95 percent between 2008 and 2009,…
Economics Links

Feb 3, 2014

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in Capitalism and Markets, Culture, Economic Development, Economics, Generations, Globalization, Health and Medicine, History, Human Progress, Links – Economics, Poverty, Race, Sociology, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social, Wealth and Income, Weatlh and Income Distribution

1. Brookings: Prospects for Ending Extreme Poverty by 2030 2. Carpe Diem: World trade and output both reached new all-time record highs in November and are nearly 10% above previous peaks 3. PBS Newshour: More than 200 million people were unemployed in the world in 2013 Worldwide, the number of unemployed people rose by 5…
Demography Links

Jan 11, 2014

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in China, Demography, Generations, Health and Medicine, History, Links – Demography, Public Policy, Race, Social Media, Sociology, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

1. New York Times: Why Are Americans Staying Put? … “This decline in migration has been going on for a long time now, through all sorts of ups and downs in the housing market,” said Greg Kaplan of Princeton University, who, along with Sam Schulhofer-Wohl of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, has studied the…
Economics Links

Dec 27, 2013

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in Africa, Business, Capitalism and Markets, Crime, Culture, Economics, Environment, Gender and Sex, Health and Medicine, Human Progress, Links – Economics, Poverty, Race, Sociology, Technology, Technology (Energy), Trends: Economic, Trends: Social, Wealth and Income, Weatlh and Income Distribution

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…
Demography Links

Dec 2, 2013

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in Demography, Links – Demography, Public Policy, Race, Sociology, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

1. American ethnicity map shows melting pot of ethnicities that make up the USA today. 2. Test your geography knowledge of European countries. I got a perfect score with some lucky guesses about the Balkan countries: Europe: countries quiz 3. This Map Shows How Americans Speak 24 Different English Dialects 4. The 25 Most Segregated…
Demography Links

Oct 28, 2013

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in Demography, Generations, Health and Medicine, Immigration, Links – Demography, Politics, Race, Sociology, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

1. A look at global population trends in the Christian Science Monitor. "Too many people is a big problem, but too few is a concern as well." "The story of the 21st century has been one of falling birthrates, rising standards of living, and a revolution in food production. But the global picture is uneven:…
The Gender Wage Gap Lie

Sep 4, 2013

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in Economics, Gender and Sex, Race

Slate: The Gender Wage Gap Lie You know that “women make 77 cents to every man’s dollar” line you’ve heard a hundred times? It’s not true. … … How to get a more accurate measure? First, instead of comparing annual wages, start by comparing average weekly wages. This is considered a slightly more accurate measure…
Saturday Links

Aug 24, 2013

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in Africa, Culture, Economic Development, Economics, Environment, Health and Medicine, Links – Saturday, Politics, Poverty, Public Policy, Race, Sociology, Technology (Energy), Technology (Manufacturing & Construction)), Wealth and Income

1. Does Wealth Breed Narcissism: The New' Mirror, Mirror on the Wall' Study … I wanted to test the relationship between wealth, entitlement and narcissism, guided by our earlier work suggesting that people who are wealthier, or who feel richer, tend to be a little more self-focused and self-interested than others. We found that wealthier…