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    May 16, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  1. COLUMN-Does inequality help growth - or hurt it?-Chrystia Freeland

    Reuters
    By Chrystia Freeland SAN JOSE, Calif., May 16 (Reuters) - One of the most urgent questions in economics today is the connection between inequality and growth. That is because one of the big economic facts of our time is the surge in income disparity,...

    Tags: Finance, Productivity, Authors, Economy, Business and Finance, University of Chicago

    2. May 15, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  2. Rich nations' wealth gap widens as welfare cut -OECD

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    * Welfare spending vital to bridging growing wealth gap - OECD * Rich-poor divided widened quickly after financial crisis PARIS, May 15 (Reuters) - A growing divide between rich and poor risks will yawn still wider if cash-strapped governments keep...

    Tags: Government, Finance, Financial Markets, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Economy, Business and Finance

    3. May 13, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  3. Why education should be considered a civil right

    I recently spoke at a seminar at Harvard on the theme of education as a civil right. Among other things, the seminar conveyed the urgency as well as the intractability of the problem of low college completion rates for certain groups of young people in our society.
    I recently spoke at a seminar at Harvard on the theme of education as a civil right. Among other things, the seminar conveyed the urgency as well as the intractability of the problem of low college completion rates for certain groups of young people in...

    Tags: Justice and Rights, Students, Crime, Law and Justice, Education, Stanford University

    4. May 9, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  4. COLUMN-Poor little rich kids-Chrystia Freeland

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    By Chrystia Freeland NEW YORK, May 9 (Reuters) - If you doubt that we live in a winner-take-all economy and that education is the trump card, consider the vast amounts the affluent spend to teach their offspring. We see it anecdotally in the soaring fees...

    Tags: Finance, Teachers, Family, Early Learning, Authors

    5. May 9, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  5. REFILE-COLUMN-Poor little rich kids-Chrystia Freeland

    Reuters
    (Refiling to fix formatting) By Chrystia Freeland NEW YORK, May 9 (Reuters) - If you doubt that we live in a winner-take-all economy and that education is the trump card, consider the vast amounts the affluent spend to teach their offspring. We see it...

    Tags: Finance, Teachers, Family, Early Learning, Authors

    6. Apr 2, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. The new reality at the border

    The image of illegal immigration in the minds of most Americans is of poor Mexicans streaming across the Southwest border. This is not entirely wrong, but it is outdated. As Congress debates immigration reform, it is worth taking a look at what's changed. Mexican illegal immigration flows have been dropping steadily and seem to be continuing a downward trend even as the U.S. economy recovers. There are reasons to believe this trend is becoming permanent.
    The image of illegal immigration in the minds of most Americans is of poor Mexicans streaming across the Southwest border. This is not entirely wrong, but it is outdated. As Congress debates immigration reform, it is worth taking a look at what's changed....

    Tags: Immigration, Woodrow Wilson, Mexico, Media Industry, U.S. Secret Service

    7. Nov 16, 2012 | Allentown Morning Call

  7. Study: Income gap grew in Pennsylvania.

    Capitol Ideas with John L. Micek
    Pennsylvania’s richest citizens pulled away from the state’s poorest during the go-go 1990s and that trend continued even as the bottom began to drop out of the economy, a new study concludes. Between the late 1990s and early 2000s, the......
    8. Nov 7, 2012 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  8. Most important issues went missing from presidential campaign

    You know all that talk about how Superstorm Sandy will revivify efforts in Washington to address climate change? Write it down somewhere, because a few days or weeks from now it will be forgotten.
    You know all that talk about how Superstorm Sandy will revivify efforts in Washington to address climate change? Write it down somewhere, because a few days or weeks from now it will be forgotten. So will concerns about income inequality, and pledges...

    Tags: Media Industry, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Elections, Medicare, Barack Obama

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