Tag: South Africa

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…
Wage Laws Squeeze South Africa’s Poor

Sep 27, 2010

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mwkruse

in Africa, Poverty

New York Times: Wage Laws Squeeze South Africa’s Poor NEWCASTLE, South Africa — The sheriff arrived at the factory here to shut it down, part of a national enforcement drive against clothing manufacturers who violate the minimum wage. But women working on the factory floor — the supposed beneficiaries of the crackdown — clambered atop…