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The College Majors That Make You Richest

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: National Association of Colleges and Employers, Science, College Majors, Careercast, Math, Economics, National Bureau of Economic Research, Wages, Yale, Business News

In a challenging job market, college graduates face an uncertain future. That's not to say they have no control over the situation. Majoring in ma...

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All The CEOs Who Are Independent Throw Your Hands Up At Me

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: Steve Ballmer, Mergers and Acquisitions, Marriage, Single Ceos, Video, Investment, Cnbc, seekingmillionaire.com, Cnn, Microsoft, Ceos, Fortune, SingleStartUps.Com, National Bureau of Economic Research, Stock Volatility, Marriage Equality, Business News

Single CEOs have all the fun, or at least take all the risks, a recent report finds. Chief executives without a partner make riskier business decis...

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The Evil Economics Of Judging Teachers

The Awl | Maria Bustillos | Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: Teacher Evaluations, Value Added, Teachers, Value Added Teacher Evaluation, National Bureau of Economic Research, Teacher Assessments, Judging Teachers, Education News

The Times and a host of other publications heralded last week's new study extolling the lifelong money-earning benefits of having a good primary/middl...

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Today's Educated, Working Women Are Worse Off Economically: Study

Evan Allis | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Boomer Women, Gender Gap, Divorce Rates, Labor Force Participation, National Bureau of Economic Research, Education Gap, New York University, Fifty News

A recent working paper from NYU professors Raquel Fernandez and Joyce Cheng Wong suggests that a steady rise in divorce rates throughout the 1960s and...

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PHOTOS: One-Hit Wonder Artists

Posted 10.22.2011

Read More: Meret Oppenheim, One Hit Wonder, Vladimir Tatlin, David Galenson, Grant Wood, Antoine-Jean Gros, Paul Serusier, National Bureau of Economic Research, Gustave Caillebotte, Theodore Gericault, Arts News

One-hit wonders are much rarer in the art world than they are in music. It seems like every week there's a new single by someone you've never heard of...

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Keep Hope Alive and Give Low-Income Students a Chance!

Ken Blackwell | Posted 09.19.2011

Read More: Standardized Testing, Education, National Bureau of Economic Research, Act Test, Low-Income Students, Education News

Standardized tests level the playing field among students from diverse backgrounds and guard against grade inflation. But what if the test doesn't serve that purpose or worse, skews the perception of a student's ability?

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Did Washington Connections Help Big Banks Get Bailouts?

Posted 07.25.2011

Read More: Lobbyists, Bank of America, Mortgage Crisis, Government Bailouts, Financial Crisis, Well Fargo, Big Banks, National Bureau of Economic Research, Citigroup, Business News

Did connections in Washington help major financial institutions get bailed out after the crisis? A new study from the National Bureau of Economic R...

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Top Economic Forecaster: This To Shall Pass For The U.S.

Bloomberg | Timothy R. Homan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lou Crandall, U.S. Economy, Top Economic Forecaster, U.S. Economic Crisis, National Bureau of Economic Research, Economy Forecaster, Business News

In 1980, the U.S. economy was in the middle of a severe downturn, and jobs weren't easy to find. So Lou Crandall, after earning a bachelor's degree wi...

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Daylight Saving. Who's Benefitting?

Howard Steven Friedman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Puerto Rico, California, Australia, World War I, Indiana, Daylight Savings, Virgin Islands, Daylight Savings Time, Arizona, World War II, National Bureau of Economic Research, Ben Franklin, Department of Transportation, Technology News

Many of us find the resetting of the clocks annoying but naturally wonder if there's any science behind daylight saving time -- does it actually conserve energy?

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Will the Real Economy Please Stand Up?

Dan Dorfman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Standard & Poor's, Michael Larson, Barack Obama, Prediction, National Bureau of Economic Research, Paul Krugman, Economy, Business News

There's a thick fog of uncertainty out there, and nobody has the faintest idea when it will evaporate. Are we caught in an environment of 'up in the air economics'? And who are we supposed to believe?

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Unemployment Could Rise To 10.1 Percent In 2011, Economists Say

The Huffington Post | William Alden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gdp, Unemployment, Structural Unemployment, Business News, Paul Krugman, Economic Growth, Gross Domestic Product, National Bureau of Economic Research, Recession, Narayana-Kocherlakota, Federal-Reserve-Bank-of-San-Francisco, Business News

Even as the economy continues to grow, unemployment could rise over the next year to as high as 10.1 percent, according to a new paper by the San Fran...

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WATCH Warren Buffett: It's 'Common Sense,' 'We're Still In A Recession'

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: U.S. Economy, Double-Dip Recession, Warren Buffett Cnbc, Warren Buffett, National Bureau of Economic Research, Warren Buffett Video, Recession, Recession Over, Video, Business News

The Oracle of Omaha told CNBC this morning that it's just plan "common sense" -- "we're still in a recession." If you've been following Warren Buff...

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Recession Is Over! (If You Want It)

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011

The National Bureau of Economic Research tells us the Great Recession is "over." The only thing this announcement reveals is how out of touch those who view human society through the lens of quantitative measurements can be.

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The Recession's Over. The Emergency Isn't

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Job Growth, National Bureau of Economic Research, 300 Economists, Recession, Austerity, Nebr, Politics News

Is it true that we're no longer in an economic crisis? Yes. Does that mean we're no longer in a crisis, or that steps to fix the economy aren't as urgently needed as they were before? Absolutely not.

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The Recession Is Over, Says Economic Panel

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Recession Ended, Economic Recovery, Recession Dates, National Bureau of Economic Research, Nber, Recession Over, Recession, Video, Business News

(AP, JEANNINE AVERSA): It's official: The longest recession the country has endured since World War II ended in June 2009, according to a group that d...

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What Exactly Is A 'Double-Dip' Recession

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Business Cycle, Economy, Economic Recovery, Double Dip Recession, Nber, Second Recession, National Bureau of Economic Research, Recession, Business News

WASHINGTON — Concerns are rising that the economy is at risk of slipping into a "double-dip" recession. High unemployment, Europe's debt crisis, ...

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NATO Forces in Afghanistan Can't Deny They Killed Civilians in Sangin Anymore

Derrick Crowe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Civilian Deaths, Kabul, Coalition, Massacre, Farah, Isaf, Mahmoud Jan Kaka, National Bureau of Economic Research, Rocket, Helmand, Josef Blotz, Karzai, 2012, Brave New Foundation, Nato, 2010, Rethink Afghanistan, Civilian Casualties, Martyr, Abdul Barg, Gardez, Rear Admiral Gregory Smith, New York Times, Martyred, Abdul Zahar, Afghanistan, International Security Assistance Force, Sangin, Barack Obama, Soldier, Marines, Troop, Rigi, Insurgent, Javelin, Insurgency, Taliban, World News

Exclusive, on-the-ground interviews obtained by Brave New Foundation's Rethink Afghanistan project confirm what NATO forces repeatedly denied: U.S. an...

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U.S. Forces Face Sharp Increase In Attacks After Afghan Civilians Killed

AP | ANNE GEARAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Afghanistan, Nato, Afpak, Afghanistan War, Afghanistan Civilians, Afghanistan Civilian Deaths, National Bureau of Economic Research, Taliban, World News

WASHINGTON — Each time U.S. or NATO forces accidentally kill Afghan civilians, insurgents and their sympathizers typically retaliate with six ad...

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Recession Over? Not So Fast, Says The Agency Charged With Tracking Downturns

Huffington Post | Ryan McCarthy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: When Is the Recession Over, Business Cycle Dating Committee, Economic Recovery, Recession Over?, National Bureau of Economic Research, Nber, Recession, Business News

Forget Dow 11k, the recession may not be over -- at least, not technically. The National Bureau of Economic Research, the non-profit organization ...

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Criticisms of an Improved Poverty Measure Go from Spin to Soap

Michael Laracy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Low-Income, Heritage Foundation, President Obama, Michael Bloomberg, Robert Samuelson, National Bureau of Economic Research, Obama Administration, Washington Post, Glenn Beck, Poverty, Poverty Measure, Supplemental Poverty Measure, Politics News

My colleague Jodie Levin-Epstein, deputy director at the Center for Law and Social Policy, penned the following piece. -- Mike You don't need to be a...

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Consumer Spending Up Again, But Incomes Stagnant In February

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Consumer Spending February, Personal Income February, IHS Global Insight, Commerce Department, Consumer Spending, Personal Income, National Bureau of Economic Research, Business News

WASHINGTON — Confidence is growing that the economic recovery won't fizzle out. Consumers kept cash registers humming last month at a decent pac...

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Posting Calories: Profits For Restaurants Could Result, Study

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Phillip Leslie, Alan Sorensen, Calories New York City, Calories, Starbucks, Posting Calories, Counting Calories, National Bureau of Economic Research, Bryan Bollinger, Business News

They say that information is power. But giving more information to customers about calories, it turns out, can also mean more revenue for food retaile...

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Top 1 Percent Of Americans Reaped Two-Thirds Of Recent Income Gains

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | Avi Feller and Chad Stone | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Emmanuel Saez, Income Concentration, Thomas Piketty, Irs, Wealth, National Bureau of Economic Research, Income Inequality, Business News

Two-thirds of the nation's total income gains from 2002 to 2007 flowed to the top 1 percent of U.S. households, and that top 1 percent held a larger s...

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Union Workers Hit Harder By High State Taxes

WSJ | Martin Vaughan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Union Workers, Tax Rates, Tax Burdern, National Bureau of Economic Research, Business News

Union employees bear more of the burden of high state corporate taxes than non-union employees, according to a new study distributed by the National B...

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Recession: Twice As Bad As We Thought, According To Government Revisions

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Floyd Norris, Recession Revisions, Bureau-of-Economic-Analysis, Recession Data, National Bureau of Economic Research, Recession, Business News

It's sort of a good news / bad news scenario. Today, U.S. GDP numbers revealed that the economy shrank only 1 percent last quarter, a much better ...

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