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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, August 10, 2012

 

ARTICLES

Americans Want to Live in a Much More Equal Country (They Just Don't Realize It)

From: The Atlantic

By: Dan Ariely

"We asked thousands of people to describe their ideal distribution of wealth, from top to bottom. The vast majority -- rich, poor, GOP and Democrat -- imagined a far more equal nation. Here's why it matters."

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/08/americans-want-to-live-in-a-much-more-equal-country-they-just-dont-realize-it/260639/

 

The U.S. Cities Where Young Adults Are Most (and Least) Likely To Live at Home

From: The Atlantic

By: Sara Johnson

"The slow progress of the job market has forced many young people to move back home, according to a widely reported study released last week."

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/jobs-and-economy/2012/08/us-cities-where-young-adults-are-most-and-least-likely-live-home/2832/

 

In Weak Economy, an Opening to Court Votes of Single Women

From: The New York Times

By: Shaila Dewan

"Being single, Alyson Sheradin had no one to rely on when the financial crisis hit. She lost the considerable savings she had tucked away after selling her business in 2002, and struggled to find work as a business consultant, recently moving in with a friend in the suburbs who does not charge her rent."

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/07/us/politics/in-weak-economy-an-opening-to-court-votes-of-single-women.html?_r=2&hp

 

No-Vacation Nation: Why Don't Americans Know How to Take a Break?

From: The Atlantic

By: Derek Thompson

"The United States has no vacation policy -- and neither do families, judging from surveys of workers' time off. Are we doing it wrong? Tell us how you use breaks and vacations to manage your productivity, and we'll publish your best responses later this week."

www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/08/no-vacation-nation-why-dont-americans-know-how-to-take-a-break/260759/

 

RADIO

Looking Behind the Statistics of Child Poverty

From: Marketplace

By: Dustin Dwyer

"Here's a more human window than we usually get into the realities of the present economy. The Annie E. Casey Foundation says that one in three children in this country are in families where neither parent has full-time, year-round employment. And that that situation does things to those kids and their prospects."

http://www.marketplace.org/topics/wealth-poverty/looking-behind-statistics-child-poverty

 

BLOGS

Measuring Mooching

From: Economix, a blog from The New York Times

By: Nancy Folbre

"You might divide the American political debate into those who think the poor and middle class get too many government benefits and those who think the rich do, an economist writes."

http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/06/measuring-mooching/?ref=business

 

Cutbacks to Unemployment Insurance Came Long Before the Great Recession

From: The Nation

By: Bryce Covert

"You may have heard that we're in the middle of an unemployment crisis. It's little wonder that an average of 365,500 people per week made new claims for unemployment benefits over the past month. These high numbers have been straining unemployment insurance programs at the federal and state level, and many states have run out of reserves to pay for them, triggering a reduction in benefits. But this crisis wasn't inevitable."

http://www.thenation.com/blog/169245/cutbacks-unemployment-insurance-came-long-great-recession#

 

 
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