Tag Archive | "Employment"

Our Plunder Of Nature Will End Up Killing Capitalism And Our Obscene Lifestyles

To anyone who is paying attention, things look doomed. Fortunately for American capitalism, nobody is paying attention. They never have. [...more]

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Globalization Is Killing The Globe: Return To Local Economies

Globalization is killing Europe, just as it's already wiped out much of the American middle class. Spain and Greece are facing immediate crises that many other European nations see on the near horizon: aging boomer workers are retiring with healthy benefit packages, but the younger workers who are paying for those benefits aren't making anything close to the income (or, therefore, paying the taxes) that their parents did. [...more]

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The Abysmal Cost of Gender Discrimination

Keeping good women down can cost a lot, many billions, says a new United Nations report. The Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2007 claims that the Asia-Pacific region is losing roughly the same amount of money as the entire Vietnamese economy every year due to lack of employment opportunities for women. And what’s lost keeping women out of school? Enough money to keep the entire economy of Lebanon running. [...more]

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