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    May 13, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  1. 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: Minority Groups, Colleges and Universities, Personal Income, Teaching and Learning, Poverty

    2. May 16, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  2. 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: Book, Finance, Money and Monetary Policy, Thomson Corporation, The Washington Post

    3. May 16, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  3. Column: Does inequality help growth - or hurt it?

    Reuters
    SAN JOSE, California (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, particularly between those at...

    Tags: Book, Finance, Money and Monetary Policy, Thomson Corporation, Consumers

    4. May 15, 2013 |Story| Reuters

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

    Reuters
    * 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: Interior Policy, Finance, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, National Government, Pension and Welfare

    5. May 9, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  5. COLUMN-Poor little rich kids-Chrystia Freeland

    Reuters
    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: Book, Colleges and Universities, Finance, Thomson Corporation, Teaching and Learning

    6. May 9, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  6. 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: Book, Colleges and Universities, Finance, Thomson Corporation, Teaching and Learning

    7. Apr 16, 2013 |Story| Slate

  7. Slate: The grotesque rise of baseball salaries

    I've been a Tigers fan since I was 11 years old, and I filled scrapbooks with stories about Alan Trammell and Lou Whitaker clipped from the Detroit Free Press. Hanging on my office wall is a framed photo of Kirk Gibson celebrating his second home run in Game 5 of the 1984 World Series. Last fall, after the Giants swept the Tigers in the World Series, I insisted their championship was as illegitimate as George W. Bush's presidency, because they'd reached the postseason with the help of Melky Cabrera's PED use.
    Slate
    I've been a Tigers fan since I was 11 years old, and I filled scrapbooks with stories about Alan Trammell and Lou Whitaker clipped from the Detroit Free Press. Hanging on my office wall is a framed photo of Kirk Gibson celebrating his second home run in...

    Tags: Detroit Free Press, Major League Baseball, Houston Astros, Los Angeles Dodgers, George W. Bush

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

  8. 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: Migration, Malaysia, Immigration, Economic Indicator, U.S. Congress

    9. Nov 16, 2012 | Allentown Morning Call

  9. 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......
    10. Nov 7, 2012 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  10. 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: Petroleum Industry, Ecosystems, Money and Monetary Policy, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Parties and Movements