Data Feed: Obama approval, inequality and mobility, cesarean births
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Data Feed: Winter weather’s economic toll, mapping Olympics buzz, U.S.-Mexico relations
A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers.
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Predictions for the State of AI and Robotics in 2025
The sizeable majority of experts surveyed for this report envision major advances in robotics and artificial intelligence in the coming decade. In addition to asking them for their predictions about the job market of the future, we also asked them to weigh in on the following question: To what degree will AI and robotics be […]
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Minimum wage hasn’t been enough to lift most out of poverty for decades
The current federal minimum wage falls below the poverty threshold for most households. A new CBO report says raising the minimum will increase income for millions of low-wage workers but cost thousands their jobs.
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State of the Union 2014: Where Americans stand on key issues
A summary of where Americans stand on ten key issues likely to come up in President Obama’s State of the Union address.
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Global inequality: How the U.S. compares
The U.S. has one of the most unequal income distributions among developed nations — even after taxes and transfer payments are taken into account.
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Data Feed: N.J.’s ‘Bridgegate,’ aging workforce, health exchange sign-ups
A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers.
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Pithy Additions — Trendhouses, Microjobs, Metadevices, More
The following are additional highlights from some of the predictions that had a summary quality to them or added new thoughts to the mix that extended beyond the theses or used especially vivid language: Bob Frankston, Internet pioneer and technology innovator, said, “Once we get past the gatekeeper-based model of funding our ability to communicate […]
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6 global challenges for 2014
Here are some data points that measure how the public in the U.S. and around the world see the challenges ahead for 2014.
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Chart of the Week: How two decades of globalization have changed the world
Globally, incomes have risen fastest for the very well-off and the bottom two-thirds of the world’s people, but have stagnated or fallen for the “global upper middle class.”
