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from HumanProgress.org Education Website
Are We Really Poorer Than Our Parents?
In recent years, many US politicians and journalists have warned that the millennials are at the risk of ending up “poorer than their parents.” The evidence certainly suggests that the Great Recession has led to wage stagnation and high unemployment among young Americans, who have soured on the idea of achieving the American Dream. The just-released Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation’s Annual Report on Generational Attitudes toward Socialism in America, for example, has found that 52 per cent of millennials would prefer to live in a socialist (46 per cent) or a communist (6 per cent) country. Conversely, only 40 per cent want to live in a capitalist one. Mercifully, Americans tend to associate socialism with the high-tax and high-redistribution welfare states of Scandinavia rather than the Marxist dictatorships of the days of yore. Before they reject American-style capitalism, however, millennials should consider how prosperous ordinary Americans really are.
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from Idaho Press
Newspaper in Nampa, Idaho
Franklin Girard was a powerful man in the 1930s and ‘40s in Idaho. He was a two-term secretary of state starting in 1932 and ran unsuccessfully for governor in 1936. If you’ve heard of him at all, though, it is likely because his name has been in the news recently. He built an iconic building in Boise at 801 S. Capitol Blvd. You know it today as The Cabin.
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from The Inlander
Media/News Company in Spokane, WA
Spokane County Commission candidate Rob Chase: 'I didn't see anything wrong' with Rep. Shea's 'Biblical Basis for War'
Whitworth professor of theology argues the document has nothing in common with the Old Testament or 'just war theory'
Media/News Company in Spokane, WA
Spokane County Commission candidate Rob Chase: 'I didn't see anything wrong' with Rep. Shea's 'Biblical Basis for War'
Whitworth professor of theology argues the document has nothing in common with the Old Testament or 'just war theory'
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from Marginal Revolution blog
Why do women earn less than men? Evidence from train and bus operators
Even in a unionized environment, where work tasks are similar, hourly wages are identical, and tenure dictates promotions, female workers earn $0.89 on the male-worker dollar (weekly earnings). We use confidential administrative data on bus and train operators from the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) to show that the weekly earnings gap can be explained entirely by the workplace choices that women and men make. Women value time and flexibility more than men. Women take more unpaid time off using the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and work fewer overtime hours than men. Men and women plan to work similar overtime hours when they are scheduled three months in advance, but men actually work nearly 50% more overtime hours than women. Women with dependents value time away from work more than do men with dependents. When selecting work schedules, women try to avoid weekend, holiday, and split shifts more than men. To avoid unfavorable work times, women prioritize their schedules over route safety and select routes with a higher probability of accidents. Women are less likely than men to game the scheduling system by trading off work hours at regular wages for overtime hours at premium wages. Conditional on seniority, which dictates choice sets, the weekly earnings gap can be explained entirely by differences in operator choices of hours, schedules, and routes.
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British Columbia: refuge for political exiles?
Given the recent BC municipal elections, it seems appropriate to remember the extraordinary multicultural roots of our civic politics in this province before joining Canada in 1871. Recently, Victoria honoured the contributions of Mifflin Wistar Gibbs by naming a study room in its newest public library after the former city councillor (1866 – 1869). The city also proclaimed November 19 “Mifflin Wistar Gibbs Day” in honour of Gibbs becoming the first black person elected to public office in British Columbia. But there is far more to this story than a brief library announcement!
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Why do women earn less than men? Evidence from train and bus operators
Even in a unionized environment, where work tasks are similar, hourly wages are identical, and tenure dictates promotions, female workers earn $0.89 on the male-worker dollar (weekly earnings). We use confidential administrative data on bus and train operators from the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) to show that the weekly earnings gap can be explained entirely by the workplace choices that women and men make. Women value time and flexibility more than men. Women take more unpaid time off using the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and work fewer overtime hours than men. Men and women plan to work similar overtime hours when they are scheduled three months in advance, but men actually work nearly 50% more overtime hours than women. Women with dependents value time away from work more than do men with dependents. When selecting work schedules, women try to avoid weekend, holiday, and split shifts more than men. To avoid unfavorable work times, women prioritize their schedules over route safety and select routes with a higher probability of accidents. Women are less likely than men to game the scheduling system by trading off work hours at regular wages for overtime hours at premium wages. Conditional on seniority, which dictates choice sets, the weekly earnings gap can be explained entirely by differences in operator choices of hours, schedules, and routes.
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from The Orca News & Media Website in B.C.
British Columbia: refuge for political exiles?
Given the recent BC municipal elections, it seems appropriate to remember the extraordinary multicultural roots of our civic politics in this province before joining Canada in 1871. Recently, Victoria honoured the contributions of Mifflin Wistar Gibbs by naming a study room in its newest public library after the former city councillor (1866 – 1869). The city also proclaimed November 19 “Mifflin Wistar Gibbs Day” in honour of Gibbs becoming the first black person elected to public office in British Columbia. But there is far more to this story than a brief library announcement!
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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
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from ViaMedia.News
I spent a few days recently in Oxford, in the company of 120 bishops. They were very friendly and I was glad to be there. I was invited as a member of the Coordinating Group for the resource which the C of E is preparing: ‘Living in Love and Faith: Christian teaching and learning about human identity, sexuality and marriage’. We’ve been working on the resource for 18 months, and it’s starting to feel that the longer we work on it, the greater the depth of the challenge is becoming. Why? Because it’s beginning to feel to me that, in the end, what is needed is a fundamental transformation of the way the Church of England thinks and does its business.
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from The Washington Post
Newspaper in Washington, D.C.
Trump’s border deployments could cost $200 million by year-end
The total price of President Trump’s military deployment to the border, including the cost of National Guard forces that have been there since April, could climb well above $200 million by the end of 2018 and grow significantly if the deployments continue into next year, according to analyst estimates and Pentagon figures.
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