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    Global Public Downbeat about Economy

    Six years after the beginning of the Great Recession, amid an uneven global economic recovery, publics around the world remain glum. In most nations, people say their country is heading in the wrong direction and most voice the view that economic conditions are bad,

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    References

    Brown, Anna. 2014. “U.S. Hispanic and Asian populations growing, but for different reasons.” Washington, D.C.: Pew Research Center. June. Brown, Anna, and Mark Hugo Lopez. 2012. “Mapping the Latino Population, By State, County and City.” Washington, D.C.: Pew Research Center. October. Brown, Anna, and Eileen Patten. 2014. “Statistical Portrait of Hispanics in the United States, […]

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    References

    Akers, Beth, and Matthew M. Chingos. 2014. Is a Student Loan Crisis on the Horizon? Washington, D.C.: Brown Center on Education Policy at Brookings. Bailey, Martha J., and Susan M. Dynarski. 2011. Gains and Gaps: Changing Inequality in U.S. College Entry and Completion. National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper 17633. Baum, Sandy. 2013. The […]

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    5 facts about Honduras and immigration

    65% of people in Honduras live in poverty. 16% of Honduras’s GDP is based on money sent from migrants abroad. The wave of all immigrants in the U.S. coming from Honduras is relatively new, with more than half arriving in 2000 or later.

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    Who makes minimum wage?

    Perhaps surprisingly, not very many people earn minimum wage, and they make up a smaller share of the workforce than they used to.

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    AI, Robotics, and the Future of Jobs

    Experts envision automation and intelligent digital agents permeating vast areas of our work and personal lives by 2025, but they are divided on whether these advances will displace more jobs than they create.

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