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Global Capitalism: What if Joblessness is a Feature, not a Bug?
That’s the issue raised by economists Michael A. Spence, Distinguished Visiting Fellow and Sandile Hlatshwayo, Researcher, Stern School of Business, New York University: The actions of the free market have made goods less expensive for Americans, but the free flow of labor and capital has also diminished the employment opportunities available in the United States [...]
Workforce Development: STEM skills & Social Intelligence are key. . .
. . . or so says “Creative Class” guru Richard Florida at the Atlantic Cities blogsite: “If you look at what people are doing in manufacturing today, they are running robots, designing tools, programming computers,” Judith Crocker, director of education at the Manufacturing Advocacy & Growth Network, or MAGNET, a manufacturing promoter in Cleveland, recently [...]
Symptoms of Urban Land Use Problems
Over at the Global Urbanist (via Planetizen), Ann Deslandes has a post on informal users of urban space that can range from so-called (and widely celebrated) “pop-up shops” of “do-it-yourself” (DIY) urbanists to the homeless population. She makes the interesting argument that they are positive and negative symptoms of the same urban land use problem: [...]
Suddenly it’s 1978 All Over Again
It must be time to break out the mood rings and platform shoes. The Wall Street Journal reports that the nascent recovery could be threatened by a spike in oil prices. Prices at the pump have risen sharply in recent weeks. The average price of a gallon of regular gasoline has jumped 13.5 cents to [...]
The “App Economy” Comes of Age. . . with Opportunities Everywhere
According to the Wall Street Journal, businesses creating applications for smart devices now employ a half a million people in the US. “America’s App Economy – which had zero jobs just 5 years ago before the iPhone was introduced – demonstrates that we can quickly create economic value and jobs through cutting-edge innovation,” said Rey [...]
A Model for 21st Century Education?
The New York Times touts the Mooresville, NC school district as an exemplar of 21st Century public education: Many students adapted to the overhaul more easily than their teachers, some of whom resented having beloved tools — scripted lectures, printed textbooks and a predictable flow through the curriculum — vanish. The layoffs in 2009 and [...]
