Category: Trends: Economic

Science and Technology Links

May 11, 2014

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in Culture, Education, Environment, Health and Medicine, Links – Science and Technology, Science, Sociology, Technology, Technology (Biotech & Health), Technology (Digital, Telecom, & Internet), Technology (Food & Water), Technology (Manufacturing & Construction)), Theology, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

1.The Drinkable Book – Water is Life. An innovative approach to create more drinkable water. 2. TED: Are insects the future of food?: Megan Miller at TEDxManhattan 3. Eco-Business: In future, clothes could be made from sugar Researchers at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) have discovered a new chemical process that can convert adipic…
Is Income Inequality Really the Problem? It Depends on What You Call Income

May 7, 2014

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mwkruse

in Economics, Poverty, Trends: Economic, Wealth and Income, Weatlh and Income Distribution

Are the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer? Stories about inequality typically talk about how the rich, especially the top 1%, are seeing their incomes grow rapidly while people at the bottom are seeing their incomes stagnate and drop. A gap is widening between the top and the bottom. Is that true? The…
The World’s Resources Aren’t Running Out – Matt Ridley

May 5, 2014

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in Capitalism and Markets, Economic Development, Environment, Human Progress, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

Wall Street Journal: The World's Resources Aren't Running Out As I listen to conversations about our economic future, I hear two visions of the future being articulated, and I think both are inaccurate. First, there are what I call the Malthusians. They see a world of imminent collapse, limits to growth, exhausted resources, and such.…
Think Progress exaggerates child hunger by 8,000%

May 3, 2014

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mwkruse

in Poverty, Public Policy, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

Just Facts Daily: Think Progress exaggerates child hunger by 8,000% … However, instead of reporting the facts of this important issue, a number of influential media sources are greatly exaggerating the problem. One of these sources is Think Progress, which ranks among the nation's top-15 political websites. In a recent article, Alan Pyke, the Deputy…
World Bank: ‘The world has become more equal’

May 2, 2014

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in Economic Development, Poverty, Trends: Economic, Wealth and Income, Weatlh and Income Distribution

AEI – James Pethokoukis: World Bank: 'The world has become more equal' Lots of attention being given to a new World Bank study suggesting China may overtake the United States this year as the world's largest economy, adjusted for living costs. But this other World Bank finding, noted by the Financial Times, is also interesting:…
Global Poverty Is on the Decline, But Almost No One Believes It

May 2, 2014

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mwkruse

in Christian Life, Demography, Economic Development, Health and Medicine, Poverty, Public Policy, Trends: Economic

Barna: Global Poverty Is on the Decline, But Almost No One Believes It April 29, 2014—Did you know that, in the past 30 years, the percentage of people in the world who live in extreme poverty has decreased by more than half? If you said no—if you thought the number had gone up; that more…
Repackaging Climate Action

May 2, 2014

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mwkruse

in Environment, Human Progress, Public Policy, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

Over recent years I've posted about the messaging we typically get on climate change. (Most recently Global Warming Scare Tactics (They Usually Backfire)) The predominant approach is to hit people with dire visions of what is happening to the world, lecture on the evils of capitalism and consumerism, and then offer a few practical solutions.…
Economics Links

Apr 30, 2014

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in Capitalism and Markets, Economics, Gender and Sex, Links – Economics, Politics, Poverty, Public Policy, Sociology, Technology (Manufacturing & Construction)), Trends: Economic, Wealth and Income, Weatlh and Income Distribution

1. Huffington Post: Financially Speaking — Are We an Illiterate Nation? … Champlain College's Center for Financial Literacy released its '2013 National Report Card,' which quantifies what states are doing to promote financial literacy in the classroom. Only seven of 50 states surveyed came away from the study with an "A" rating. That's right, a…
Economic Development Links

Apr 8, 2014

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in Africa, Capitalism and Markets, China, Demography, Economic Development, Environment, Europe, Health and Medicine, Human Progress, Immigration, India, Links – Economic Development, Microenterprise, Politics, Poverty, Public Policy, Sociology, Technology (Food & Water), Technology (Manufacturing & Construction)), Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

1. You Decide: Save the People or Save the Planet #StopTheMyth 2. New York Times: The End of the ‘Developing World’ BILL GATES, in his foundation’s annual letter, declared that “the terms ‘developing countries’ and ‘developed countries’ have outlived their usefulness.” He’s right. If we want to understand the modern global economy, we need a…
Demography Links

Apr 1, 2014

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mwkruse

in Culture, Demography, Economic Development, Education, Europe, Gender and Sex, Generations, Health and Medicine, History, Immigration, Links – Demography, Public Policy, Race, Sociology, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

1. Washington Post: Robert Samuelson: America’s demographic denial … For proof, see Paul Taylor’s new book, “The Next America.” Taylor oversees many of the Pew Research Center’s opinion surveys. His masterful synthesis of polls shows that three familiar mega-trends lie at the core of America’s political and social stalemate. First, immigration. By 2050, immigrants and…