Even Japan, trapped by its geography, can find ways to enrich its citizen if there are political will and fairness. Greece would not have been so dire if its citizens had not engaged in tax dodging as a pastime and its shipping industry, once synonymous to its industrial prowess, was able to skip fair taxesContinue reading “Wealth not disappearing, a positive comment from Boston MA”
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The Great Stagnation of the American Education by Robert Gordon
For most of American history, parents could expect that their children would, on average, be much better educated than they were. But that is no longer true. This development has serious consequences for the economy. The epochal achievements of American economic growth have gone hand in hand with rising educational attainment, as the economists ClaudiaContinue reading “The Great Stagnation of the American Education by Robert Gordon”
Generation Y, college grads without a job by Raghav Singh
About 20 percent of people under 26 have moved back in with their parents. This is beginning to look like Italy where 40 percent of 40 year olds live with their mothers. A Pew Research survey found that 6 percent of recent grads still think they can make a good living as an artist, actor,Continue reading “Generation Y, college grads without a job by Raghav Singh”
Isabel Allende: Tales of passion
As a novelist and memoirist, Isabel Allende writes of passionate lives, including her own. Born into a Chilean family with political ties, she went into exile in the United States in the 1970s — an event that, she believes, created her as a writer. Her voice blends sweeping narrative with touches of magical realism;Continue reading “Isabel Allende: Tales of passion”