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Brookings – Jesse Bricker, Alice Henriques, Jacob Krimmel and John Sabelhaus: “Most available estimates of US wealth and income concentration indicate that top shares are high and rising in recent decades, but there is some disagreement about specific levels and trends. Household surveys are the traditional data source used to measure top shares, but recent …
Pew Report – A majority of Americans predict that within 50 years, robots and computers will do much of the work currently done by humans – but few workers expect their own jobs or professions to experience substantial impacts. “From self-driving vehicles and semi-autonomous robots to intelligent algorithms and predictive analytic tools, machines are increasingly …
Glassdoor Team | March 9, 2016 – “Nearly seven in ten (68%) people report that salary and compensation is among their leading considerations when determining where to work. So for people who really want to earn a big paycheck, which jobs offer the highest salaries? According to Glassdoor’s latest report highlighting the 25 Highest Paying Jobs in America …
“The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) announced new resources today to educate bank customers about appropriate steps they can take to help avoid fraud and other cyber threats when banking online or on their mobile devices. The information is being issued in advance of National Consumer Protection Week, March 6-12. As part of an ongoing …
“The United Kingdom (UK) is the largest producer of oil and the second-largest producer of natural gas in the European Union. The United Kingdom (UK) is the fifth-largest economy in the world in terms of gross domestic product. Following years as a net exporter of crude oil and natural gas, the UK became a net …
News release: “After dramatically declining in the first half of 2015, global trade recovered but at a slower pace over the rest of the year, so that world imports grew by only 1.7 percent in 2015 compared to 3 percent in 2014. According to a new World Bank Group paper, Global Trade Watch: Trade Development …
“National Consumer Protection Week (March 6-12, 2016) highlights the importance of understanding your consumer rights to make informed buying decisions. And it gives you the chance to learn about and share information to protect yourself and others from scams and fraud. Find a wealth of tips and information on a variety of consumer topics: banking, …
Ben Ryan – Gallup – “Worldwide, men (33%) are more likely than women (19%) to have a full-time job for an employer. Having children younger than age 15 living in the household heightens this gender gap, and the more children living at home, the fewer the women working full time for an employer. Further, women …
Hearson, Martin, Measuring Tax Treaty Negotiation Outcomes: The Actionaid Tax Treaties Dataset (February 21, 2016). International Centre for Tax and Development working paper 47, Institute of Development Studies.. Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2744547 “This paper introduces a new dataset that codes the content of 519 tax treaties signed by low- and lower-middle-income countries in …
“In early 2016, the White House, the U.S. Census Bureau, and the U.S. Department Housing and Urban Development facilitated a process in which tech developers worked with subject matter experts and cities to build digital tools that help families, community leaders, local officials, and the media to access what they need to thrive. This effort …
Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Request: U.S. Government Accountability Office, GAO-16-409T: Published: Mar 8, 2016. Publicly Released: Mar 8, 2016: “In fiscal year 2015, GAO’s work resulted in an unprecedented return of about $134 for every dollar invested in GAO, generating an estimated $74.7 billion in financial benefits. Implementation of GAO’s recommendations also led to 1,286 …
The Guardian – “Exclusive new data shows how debt, unemployment and property prices have combined to stop millennials taking their share of western wealth. The full scale of the financial rout facing millennials is revealed today in exclusive new data that points to a perfect storm of factors besetting an entire generation of young adults …
