Volcanoes are erupting in The Philippines, but on-fire Australia received some welcome rain. The Iran war cries have been called off and The Donald’s military powers are about to be hamstrung by the Senate. Meanwhile, his impeachment trial is starting, and we’re all on Twitter for a front-row seat.
Tag: Economy
09/14/2021
America is substantially reducing poverty among children
It seemed like a blustery overpromise when President Joe Biden pledged in July to oversee “the largest ever one-year decrease in child poverty in the history of the United States”. By the end of the year, however, he will probably turn out to have been correct.
09/10/2021
Are We More Polarized? Or Just Weirder?
The economist Tyler Cower discusses political division, G.D.P. growth and classical music.
09/07/2021
Factbox: Pros and cons for El Salvador, the first bitcoin nation
El Salvador will on Tuesday become the first country in the world to recognize bitcoin as legal tender, a move President Nayib Bukele says will save Salvadorans living abroad millions of dollars in commissions on money they send home.
09/03/2021
Digital nomads are here to save Spain’s ghost towns
Dozens of villages across Spain are in terminal decline. A new visa scheme aimed at digital nomads could revive them.
09/02/2021
You Can’t Train Away Bad Jobs.
Before COVID-19, work in retail, distribution centers, direct-care, and food service were described as dead-end jobs, with low pay, bad schedules, and little career advancement.
08/18/2021
Child care benefits at work: This app helps your employer pay your family and friends for babysitting
In rural northwest Arkansas, one of the country’s child care deserts, it likely would have taken Morgan Edington many months before she found a reliable sitter to care for her 1-year-old son on the unlucky nights when both she and her husband were called into work at the Clorox factory a town away.
08/13/2021
Covidnomics
The upheaval of the COVID pandemic is shifting the balance of power to labor in a profound way.
08/10/2021
Will the Pandemic Productivity Boom Last?
Fewer workers are making more stuff. If it lasts, that’s big news for the economy of the 2020s.
08/06/2021
US hiring surges in July, but the variant is the wild card
U.S employers added 943,000 jobs in July and drove the unemployment rate down to 5.4% in another sign the economy is bouncing back with surprising vigor from COVID-19. But there is growing fear the fast-spreading delta variant will set back the recovery.
07/06/2021
The Data Economy Is a Barter Economy
What is the best way for businesses to use data in a way that feels ethical to consumers and does not spark a regulatory backlash?
07/02/2021
Argentina passed a quota for employing transgender people. It could save lives, advocates say.
The Trans Employment Quota requires that at least 1 percent of public sector positions go to transgender people
07/01/2021