This week's news on the work-life conflict, care, the care crisis, the care economy and human well-being.
Friday, November 11, 2011
ARTICLES
Ohio Turns Back a Law Limiting Unions' Rights
From: The New York Times
By: Sabrina Tavernise
"A year after Republicans swept legislatures across the country, voters in Ohio delivered their verdict Tuesday on a centerpiece of the conservative legislative agenda, striking down a law that restricted public workers' rights to bargain collectively."
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/09/us/politics/ohio-turns-back-a-law-limiting-unions-rights.html?_r=1&hp
U.S. Wealth Gap Between Young, Old Is Widest Ever
From: Huffington Post
By: Associated Press
"The wealth gap between younger and older Americans has stretched to the widest on record, worsened by a prolonged economic downturn that has wiped out job opportunities for young adults and saddled them with housing and college debt."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/07/us-wealth-gap-young-old_n_1079372.html
BLOGS
Who Rules the Global Economy?
From: Economix, a blog from The New York Times
By: Nancy Folbre
"New research shows that the extent to which large multinational corporations dominate the world economy is growing, an economist writes."
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/07/who-rules-the-global-economy/?ref=business
RADIO
Poverty by the Numbers
From: The Kojo Nnamdi
By: Kojo Nnamdi
"For fifty years, the Census Bureau used a basic poverty measure that did not take into account factors like the local cost of living, tax credits, or safety-net programs. But new numbers released this week, called the Supplemental Poverty Measure, provide a much more complex picture of poverty, significantly changing the numbers for seniors and children. We look at ways this new data may affect policy debates about people struggling to make ends meet both locally and nationally."
http://thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2011-11-10/poverty-numbers
Wealth Gap Widens Between Old and Young
From: NPR's All Things Considered
By : Jennifer Ludden
"A new Pew report finds a widening age gap in economic well-being. Older adults are significantly better off than a quarter century ago, while the median net worth of households headed by younger adults has fallen dramatically."
http://www.npr.org/2011/11/07/142111416/report-finds-widening-age-gap-in-economic-well-being
New Measures Show Higher Poverty Rate in the U.S.
From: NPR's All Things Considered
By: Pam Fessler
"The government released a new experimental poverty measure Monday that found that the poverty rate was 16 percent last year - slightly higher than previously thought."
http://www.npr.org/2011/11/07/142105558/new-measure-shows-higher-poverty-rate-in-u-s
Increasing Medicare Age Could Lead to Higher Costs
From: NPR's Morning Edition
By: Julie Rovner
"Congress's so-called deficit reduction 'supercommittee' is down to the final weeks of deliberations in its efforts to come up with $1.2 trillion in budget savings. And one proposal that keeps cropping up is the idea of raising the eligibility age for Medicare."
http://www.npr.org/2011/11/07/142023367/raising-medicare-age-could-lead-to-higher-costs
Why Is Food Stamp Usage Rising So Fast?
From: NPR's All Things Considered
By: Robert Siegel
"Robert Siegel speaks with John Davis, the director of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, in Mississippi. He talks about the numbers and nature of recipients in his state. While the program is targeted at people who need help for a limited time period while they transition from unemployment back to employment, many people are using it indefinitely."
http://www.npr.org/2011/11/07/142113467/davis-discusses-miss-snap-program