InformationWeek | Thomas Claburn
Chipmaker wants to shape the way Internet-connected devices are designed, deployed, and managed.
The Washington Post | Lawrence Mitchell
Wealth and income inequality in the United States today now threatens to seriously damage our social fabric.
The Conversation | Gary McDowell
There are actually plenty of STEM graduates; the US is just training them the wrong way.
NPR | Anya Kamenetz
An ambitious, $25 million study is collecting evidence on the best way to raise outcomes for kids in poverty.
The Guardian | Larry Elliott
OECD report rejects trickle-down economics, noting ‘sizeable and statistically negative impact’ of income inequality.
Re/code | James Temple
Locals like to call it the most innovative square mile on the planet.”
McKinsey & Company | McKinsey Global Institute
Experts discuss whether technological advances will automate tasks more quickly than the United States can create jobs.
The New York Times | Nelson D. Schwartz
Employers added 321,000 jobs, and hourly earnings rose by 0.4 percent in November.
MarketWatch | Brett Arends
The Chinese economy just overtook the United States economy to become the largest in the world.
The Guardian | Mark Harris
Mechanical Turk launched in 2005 as a way for companies to farm out digital tasks that computers find difficult but humans breeze through.
The Washington Post | J.D. Harrison
America’s smallest businesses continued to add jobs at a rapid clip last month, even as the country’s overall employment growth slowed.
Complete College America | Complete College America and its Alliance of States
The vast majority of full-time American college students do not graduate on time, costing them and their families tens of thousands of dollars.
The Washington Post | Catherine Rampell
Unhappy with the economic recovery in the United States? Could be worse.
Fast Company | Ben Schiller
Governments could become more responsive, efficient, and functional if they adopt today’s tech trends.
Brookings | Edward P. Rodrigue and Richard V. Reeves
In terms of prospects for mobility, it’s not all doom and gloom.
The Washington Post | Catherine Rampell
New computer science classes rolled out across Chicago’s K-12 system this fall.
Forbes | Gil Press
What are the predictions covering all IT trends, technologies, opportunities, and challenges?
New Republic | Noam Scheiber
Over the last year or so, a handful of startups have begun helping companies find workers to complete their odd jobs.
The Wall Street Journal | Nicholas Carr
Human intelligence is withering as computers do more, but there’s a solution.
The Guardian | Richard Gray and Gwyn Topham
Driverless cars will need to be protected from hackers who could take control of vehicles to cause chaos on the roads.
The New York Times | David Leonhardt
In a poll on a long list of domestic and foreign policy proposals, 82 percent supported reducing the cost of student loans.
NPR | Hansi Lo Wang
Among the 100 largest metro areas in the U.S., the McAllen, Texas, area has the lowest employment rate for young millennials.
The New York Review of Books | Sue Halpern
Welcome to the beginning of what is being touted as the Internet’s next wave–the Internet of Things.
Liberty Street Economics | Rob Dent, Samuel Kapon, Fatih Karahan, Benjamin W. Pugsley, and Sahin
There is little evidence in the data indicating that the long-term unemployed exert less pressure on wages.
Forbes | Peter High
An affordable tablet might help bridge the digital divide between developed and developing countries.
Fast Company | Adele Peters
The clarity and creativity of 10-year-olds really shouldn’t be ignored.
Forbes | Frank Bi
The most profitable sector in the U.S. is electrical equipment manufacturing.
Liberty Street Economics | Rob Dent, Samuel Kapon, Fatih Karahan, Benjamin W. Pugsley, and Sahin
There are differences between short- and long-term unemployed workers, but their longer-term labor market outcomes are more similar.
Liberty Street Economics | Rob Dent, Samuel Kapon, Fatih Karahan, Benjamin W. Pugsley, and Sahin
The long-term unemployed group has the largest share of prime-age workers, the age group likely to have the strongest labor force attachment.
Foreign Policy | Gillian Tett
A decade ago, inequality was infrequently discussed, but in 2014, it became ubiquitous.
The New York Times | Steven Rattner
Inflation-adjusted earnings of the bottom 90 percent of Americans fell between 2010 and 2013.
Business Insider | Tomas Hirst
Without policies to counteract the impact of labor-saving innovation, low income workers could end up being worse off.
The Washington Post | Andrea Peterson
Income was among the most important factors for whether or not Americans had access to the Internet at home.
