Category: Trends: Economic

How You, I, and Everyone Got the Top 1 Percent All Wrong

Mar 31, 2014

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

Atlantic: How You, I, and Everyone Got the Top 1 Percent All Wrong In fact, the gain in wealth share is all about the top 0.1 percent of the country. While nine-tenths of the top percentile hasn't seen much change at all since 1960, the 0.01 percent has essentially quadrupled its share of the country's wealth…
Economics Links

Mar 24, 2014

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in China, Economic Development, Environment, Globalization, Health and Medicine, International Affairs, Links – Economics, Poverty, Public Policy, Sociology, Trends: Economic, Wealth and Income, Weatlh and Income Distribution

1. AEI – James Pethokoukis: What MinuteClinics and Google Fiber teach about crony capitalism … Andy Kessler explains how established Internet service providers are trying to block Google from deploying Google Fiber, its superfast, gigabit broadband service. His solution: “The FCC can change this overnight. Instead of allowing municipalities to dictate onerous terms and laws…
3 Myths That Block Progress For The Poor (2014 Gates Annual Letter)

Mar 24, 2014

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mwkruse

in Demography, Economic Development, Great Divergence, Health and Medicine, Human Progress, Poverty, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

2014 Gates Annual Letter: 3 Myths the Block Progress for the Poor "By almost any measure, the world is better than it has ever been. People are living longer, healthier lives. Many nations that were aid recipients are now self-sufficient. You might think that such striking progress would be widely celebrated, but in fact, Melinda…
Business and Management Links

Mar 19, 2014

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in Business, Education, Gender and Sex, Links – Business and Management, Sociology, Technology (Digital, Telecom, & Internet), Trends: Economic, Trends: Social, Vocation

1. Huffington Post: The Unexpected Way Philosophy Majors Are Changing The World Of Business … Despite a growing media interest in the study of philosophy and dramatically increasing enrollment in philosophy programs at some universities, the subject is still frequently dismissed as outmoded and impractical, removed from the everyday world and relegated to the loftiest…
Economics Links

Mar 5, 2014

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in Business, Capitalism and Markets, Economics, Environment, Europe, Gender and Sex, Globalization, Health and Medicine, Links – Economics, Poverty, Public Policy, Sociology, Trends: Economic, Wealth and Income, Weatlh and Income Distribution

1. Quartz: Globalization really means countries just trade with their neighbors 2. Business Insider: Europe's Share Of Global Profits Is At A 28-Year Low 3. USA Today: Europe widespread corruption 'breathtaking' … Meanwhile, the report, which was the first published by the EU to detail people's perceptions of corruption in the union, also said that…
50 Reasons We’re Living Through the Greatest Period in World History

Feb 21, 2014

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in Crime, Demography, Education, Environment, Great Divergence, Health and Medicine, Human Progress, Poverty, Public Policy, Race, Technology, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social, Wealth and Income, Weatlh and Income Distribution

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,…
Hans Rosling: Don’t Panic — The Facts About Population

Feb 7, 2014

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in Demography, Economic Development, Environment, Great Divergence, Health and Medicine, Human Progress, Sociology, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social, Wealth and Income, Weatlh and Income Distribution

This is just fantastic! Hans Rosling pulls together many of his various presentations over recent years and melds them into a one-hour-long presentation about the astonishing way our world is improving while pointing to the challenges ahead. I know this is long, but if you watch this closely and learn, you will be well-positioned to…
How much would an iPhone have cost in 1991?

Feb 6, 2014

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mwkruse

in History, Technology (Digital, Telecom, & Internet), Trends: Economic

Tech Policy Daily: How much would an iPhone have cost in 1991? Amazing! Today’s iPhones have the same capabilities (and more!) than 13 distinct electronics gadgets, worth more than $3,000, found in a 1991 Radio Shack ad. Buffalo writer Steve Cichon was the first to dig up the old ad and make the point about…
Economic Development Links

Feb 4, 2014

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in Africa, Business, Capitalism and Markets, China, Economic Development, Economics, Environment, Gender and Sex, Human Progress, Links – Economic Development, Politics, Poverty, Public Policy, Sociology, Technology (Energy), Technology (Food & Water), Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

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…