Tag: automation

Economics Links

Apr 30, 2014

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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…
Science and Technology Links

Apr 4, 2014

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1. Christian Science Monitor: In Kenya, selling human waste could revolutionize sanitation Dealing with human waste has become a health crisis in many poor communities, but residents of a Kenyan slum have found a solution that turns poop into profit. … … Sanergy’s toilets are low-tech and low-cost, but they have a key feature: They…
Are The Machines About To Replace Us?

Feb 6, 2014

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In short, no. Erik Brynjolfsson of MIT explains why? Interesting thoughts. ("The key to growth? Race with the machines")
Economics Links

Feb 3, 2014

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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…
Economics Links

Sep 29, 2013

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1. Here's The Chart That Destroys What Republicans Are Saying About The Deficit 2. The 10 Most Popular Charts On The World's Most Amazing Economics Website Here is one example: Nominal GDP (3.1% growth year over year in Q2): 3. Global trade volume and world industrial production both reached new record highs in July 4.…
Back to ‘Made in America’

Sep 24, 2013

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New York Times: Back to ‘Made in America’ After years of decline, one of the hardest hit industries in the United States might be making a comeback. But while textile manufacturing might return to the Carolinas, the jobs probably will not.
Saturday Links

Jul 13, 2013

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I skipped Saturday Links last week due to the holiday weekend. I'm catching up this week. 1. Faith in the Free Market "… Selke, now 36, is part of a vanguard of young Christians who believe that God uses not only the church and formal ministry but every sphere of society, including business and free…
Saturday Links

Jun 29, 2013

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1. The Myth of a Stagnant Middle Class A favorite "progressive" trope is that America's middle class has stagnated economically since the 1970s. One version of this claim, made by Robert Reich, President Clinton's labor secretary, is typical: "After three decades of flat wages during which almost all the gains of growth have gone to…
Saturday Links

Mar 2, 2013

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1. Conventional wisdom says wearing the red shirt in Star Trek will get you killed. Not so fast. Statistical analysis in Significance Magazine disagrees. (Keep your redshirt on: a Bayesian exploration) "… In spite of wearing a redshirt, there is only an 8.6% chance of a member of the operations or engineering departments becoming a…
Manufacturing Jobs and the Rise of the Machines

Feb 1, 2013

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Harvard Business Review Blog: Manufacturing Jobs and the Rise of the Machines Andrew McAfee explains that the resurgence in American manufacturing doesn't mean creating new jobs. Due to automation, there is a global decline in manufacturing jobs, even as manufacturing grows. He ends with this: … Even if total manufacturing employment goes down because of…