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Francois Dubet
September 4th, 2010 by SocProf
Via the Economic Policy Institute: As the EPI people note: “This erosion of wage growth will only compound the deterioration of incomes and living standards that occurred over the course of the 2000-07 business cycle. Productivity growth far outpaced compensation in the 2000-07 business cycle, especially during that cycle’s recovery (2002-07). Economists generally assume that [...]
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September 4th, 2010 by SocProf and tagged Poverty, Social Inequalities, Social Stratification, Technology
Compare and contrast: File that as illustrations of the digital divide and how costly poverty is for the poor. Unsurprisingly, what is happening is not new. Years back, when getting landlines for phones in the Global South was too expensive and cumbersome, people quickly got into cheap mobile phones. This will be the same here. [...]
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September 1st, 2010 by SocProf and tagged Globalization, Media
It is my great privilege to have some of my blog posts featured over at the Dutch progressive community blog, Sargasso. Lots of great content, so, update your bookmark and brush up on your Dutch! Sargasso via kwout You can also follow the blog on Twitter.
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September 1st, 2010 by SocProf and tagged Humor, Social Movements
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