New book examines America's two-track economy and the decline of the nation's middle class
For many people in America, being middle class isn't what it used to be.
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Mar 13, 2017
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News tagged with middle class
Major commuting differences found between rich and poor in Colombia
(Phys.org)—A small team of researchers from Universidad Nacional de Colombia and Universidad de Zaragoza in Spain has found that there are a number of differences between the commuting experiences for people living at different ...
Feeding our growing population with flies
Scientists have predicted that by 2050 there will be 9.6 billion humans living on Earth. With the rise of the middle class, we are expected to increase our consumption of animal products by up to 70% using the same limited ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 2, 2016
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People with student loan debt oppose Obama's tuition-free college plan, study finds
A recent analysis of online conversations about President Obama's proposed plan for tuition-free community colleges, America's College Promise, indicates that a significant number of people oppose the plan because it lacks ...
Social Sciences
Jul 6, 2016
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Most people in Britain today regard themselves working class
Six out of ten people in Britain today consider themselves working class because they believe their family background determines class rather than occupation or whether they went to university. Just under half (47%) of those ...
Social Sciences
Jul 1, 2016
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GM to add 700 technical jobs in Ontario, Canada
General Motors will add at least 700 engineering, software development and urban mobility jobs at three sites in Canada.
Business
Jun 10, 2016
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Transforming teaching with Twitter
Imagine a teaching tool so effective that students look forward to using it in class and continue to seek out new information with it after the school day ends. New research offers powerful evidence that Twitter, if used ...
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Apr 27, 2016
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Britons more likely to think they are working class than people in other countries, research says
Britons are much more likely to say they are working class than the average for citizens of industrialised countries around the world, new research shows.
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Apr 8, 2016
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One professor's fight to help the children of incarcerated parents
When I was ten years old my father, a lawyer, was incarcerated. He was what some people call a "white collar criminal" and spent two years in prison. Because I come from a loving family and because my family had other supports ...
Social Sciences
Mar 18, 2016
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Disparity in student loan debt between blacks and whites
Black young adults not only have substantially more student loan debt than their white counterparts (68.2 percent more) but are not nearly as protected by their parents' wealth as their white counterparts, according to a ...
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Mar 8, 2016
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