Technology

Economists Pin Extra Blame on Tech for Rising Inequality

But the technological shift developed as development in postsecondary schooling slowed and firms started spending much less on coaching their employees. “When expertise, schooling and coaching transfer collectively, you get shared prosperity,” stated Lawrence Katz, a labor economist at Harvard. “In any other case, you don’t.” Rising worldwide commerce tended to encourage firms to undertake

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Business

Economists Pin Extra Blame on Tech for Rising Inequality

But the technological shift developed as progress in postsecondary training slowed and firms started spending much less on coaching their staff. “When expertise, training and coaching transfer collectively, you get shared prosperity,” mentioned Lawrence Katz, a labor economist at Harvard. “In any other case, you don’t.” Rising worldwide commerce tended to encourage firms to undertake

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World

‘Essence of Rio’: Soiled Foot Bars Supply Escape From Inequality

RIO DE JANEIRO — The Blowfish’s Den was a multitude. The tables have been crowded with empty bottles, soiled plates have been stacked up and the toilet had run out of cleaning soap. Within the nook, the bar’s proprietor, Marco Antônio Targino, was consuming a plate of fried pork cracklings. “For individuals who like filth,”

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World

Unrest over vaccine mandates and financial inequality rocks Guadeloupe.

Violent protests over vaccine mandates have rocked France’s abroad division of Guadeloupe within the Caribbean over the previous week, fueled by longstanding social and financial frustrations over inequality with the mainland and simmering anger at being neglected by the French authorities. Guadeloupe, an archipelago of islands, is one in all several French overseas territories that

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