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This week's news on the work-life conflict, care, the care crisis, the care economy and human well-being.

Friday, November 30, 2012

 

ARTICLES

Single Moms Can't Be Scapegoated for the Murder Rate Anymore

From: The Atlantic

By: Philip Cohen

"Homicides in D.C. have hit a historic low, while the percentage of single-parent households remains steady."

http://www.theatlantic.com/sexes/archive/2012/11/single-moms-cant-be-scapegoated-for-the-murder-rate-anymore/265576/

 

CEO Council Demands Cuts To Poor, Elderly While Reaping Billions In Government Contracts, Tax Break

From: Huffington Post

By: Christina Wilke and Ryan Grim

"Many of the companies recommending austerity would be out of business without the heavy federal support they get, including Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase, which both received billions in direct bailout cash, plus billions more indirectly through AIG and other companies taxpayers rescued."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/25/deficit-reduction-council-fiscal-cliff_n_2185585.html

 

Median Net Worth In 2010 At Lowest Level Since 1969: Report

From: Huffington Post

By: Huffington Post Staff

"Stunning new research from a New York University economics professor reveals just how wide the chasm between the rich and everyone else has grown over the past few decades."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/26/median-net-worth-2010_n_2193764.html

 

RADIO

In Juvenile Detention, Girls Find Health System Geared To Boys

From: NPR's All Things Considered

By: Jenny Gold

"For the growing number of teenage girls who are incarcerated each year, detention may be the only time they get health care."

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/11/26/165913879/in-juvenile-detention-girls-find-health-system-geared-to-boys

 

Dads Weigh In On Work-Life Balance

From: NPR's Tell Me More

By: Michel Martin

"There's a lot of talk about how working moms balance their duties at the office and at home. But some dads are asking why they aren't included in the conversation. Host Michel Martin discusses fatherhood and the work-life balance with researcher Kenneth Matos, and dads Ken Gordon, Brian Tessier and Corey Dade."

http://www.npr.org/2012/11/27/165991723/dads-weigh-in-on-work-life-balance

 

The Hidden Costs Of Raising The Medicare Age

From: NPR's Morning Edition

By: Julie Rovner

"Whenever the discussion turns to saving money in Medicare, the idea of raising the eligibility age often comes up."

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/11/29/165154236/the-hidden-costs-of-raising-the-medicare-age

 

BLOG

When Domestic Workers Suffer, Our Economy Suffers

From: The Nation

By: Bryce Covert

"What kind of economy do we want in this country? This abstract question has been put to the test in concrete ways, most recently with the protests against Walmart. (To catch yourself up, read the fantastic coverage from fellow Nation writer Josh Eidelson.) As the nation's-and the world's-largest private employer, it has a huge impact on the economy. But perhaps more importantly, low-wage, low-benefit, unstable service sector jobs like those in Wally World are our economic destiny. So more than just the job quality for striking Walmart workers is at stake; the quality of one of the fastest growing job categories is also being decided."

http://www.thenation.com/blog/171489/when-domestic-workers-suffer-our-economy-suffers

 

The Unhappy Marriage of Capitalism and Conservatism

From: Economix, a blog from The New York Times

By: Nancy Folbre

"One explanation of Mitt Romney's defeat in the presidential race focuses on the growing demographic diversity of the electorate. The declining share of white men in the voting population clearly had an impact. But another underlying factor - one that reflects economic rather than demographic dynamics - also deserves consideration."

http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/26/the-unhappy-marriage-of-capitalism-and-conservatism/?ref=business

 

 

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