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Employer-Based Health Insurance Is On Its Way Out
So why do we get our healthcare from the boss in the first place?
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Are You a Low-Wage Service Worker? Submit to the Minimum Ragers Tumblr
Let's start a conversation about the service industry. Tell us your story at our new Tumblr, Minimum Ragers.
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Minimum Rage: Will Gen Y's Career Waiters Occupy the Service Industry?
Will a generation of accidental career waiters hold out for "real" jobs—or fight for the ones they have now?
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Most Americans Still Support Unions and Pensions
We're more concerned with unemployment and job security than government deficits.
Business
There Are 227,000 New Jobs—Why Isn't Unemployment Going Down?
Digging into the numbers to figure out what's really going on with jobs.
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'Mitt Romney Doesn't Care About Me': Why Voters Trust Santorum on the Economy
Mitt Romney may stay focused on the economy, but voters still think Santorum cares more about their daily lives.
Business
Why Does Apple Want You to Know How Many Employees It Has?
Apple hopes counting employees will help solve its public relations problems.
Technology
Forced Friends: Want a Job? Give Up Your Facebook Password
It turns out that online privacy is yet another casualty of the recession.
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Social Issues and the Economy Aren't a Zero-Sum Game
Some voters wish politicians would ignore social issues and focus on the economy. The problem is, these two things are intertwined.
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Why We Need Food Trucks in a Recession
These trucks are tailor made for an economic downturn, which is why we should be mobilizing the mobile food movement.
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How I Became My Own Mentor in a Freelance Economy
As the "contingent" workforce grows, we need to embrace the freelance hustle.
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Young People Have the Bleakest Futures—But the Best Attitudes
A new study confirms our worst fears: Young people have the fewest jobs in 60 years. So why are we so optimistic?
Education
In Seven States, Higher Education Is Getting a Tuneup
College courses and degree programs need to be clearer about what students will learn and be able to do after graduation.
Lifestyle
The Rise of the Privileged Poor
“Making it” isn't the same as it used to be, so what exactly does “faking it” accomplish?
Culture
What New Girl Says About the New Recession-Era Man
The feminized dudes of New Girl fit perfectly into the economic zeitgeist.
Education
How the Recession Changed the Reasons Students Go to College
Students increasingly go to college as a path toward better jobs, not to pursue particular interests.
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For Millennials, Chat Rooms Are the New Conference Rooms
IMs and chat rooms aren't just distractions. For Millennials, they're how we brainstorm at the office.
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Unemployed Young People Are Costing Americans Billions of Tax Dollars
Why are older adults still acting as if the lives of their poor, poor children are the only ones at stake?
