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Going to College? Think Hard About Your Major and Your Career After You Graduate

May 8, 2013, Isabel V. Sawhill and Stephanie Owen

Should Everyone Go To College?

May 8, 2013, Stephanie Owen and Isabel V. Sawhill

Economic Growth, Energy, and Economic Partnership: Japan’s Current Obstacles and New Opportunities

May 3, 2013

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Some Good News on April Job Growth

May 3, 2013, Gary Burtless

Should the United States Have 2.2 Million More Jobs?

May 3, 2013, Michael Greenstone and Adam Looney, The Hamilton Project

The Social Impact of the Eurozone Crisis in Southern Europe: The EU Response and the Challenges Ahead

May 3, 2013

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We've been in a very, very slow recovery now since 2009 and what we've been seeing is a very, very slow decline in the unemployment rate... increases in employment that barely keep up with the growth of the population.

May 3, 2013, William T. Dickens, Yahoo! News

Often the major problem is that the governments aren't enforcing the labor laws and the safety standards and regulations that they've actually agreed to and the international agreements they've signed up to.

May 2, 2013, Jane Nelson, National Public Radio

Unemployment Projected to Remain at 7.6 Percent for April, But Expected to Drop Faster in Near Future

May 2, 2013, Regis Barnichon

Emerging Nations and the Evolving Global Economy

May 2, 2013

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Obama’s Mexico Trip: Putting Trade and Investment at the Top of the Agenda

May 2, 2013, Diana Villiers Negroponte

Renters can change the culture of a neighborhood.

May 2, 2013, Alan Mallach, The Olympian

President Obama's Trip to Mexico Emphasizes America's Future Economic Prosperity and Security

May 2, 2013, Diana Villiers Negroponte and Ted Piccone

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A Conversation on President Obama’s Trip to Mexico and Costa Rica

May 1, 2013, Joshua Meltzer, Diana Villiers Negroponte, Ted Piccone and Neil Ruiz

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There’s a great advantage in complementary trade and I’d say it’s something we should think about. We need to have a viable economy, and a viable economy today is not just trade with the United States and it’s not in manufactured goods. It’s in the knowledge sector.

May 1, 2013, Bessma Momani , Ottawa Citizen

The bilateral relationship at least with Mexico has been dominated by drugs and violence. I think there is going to be a concerted effort here to refocus attention on the depth and size of the economic relationship.

May 1, 2013, Joshua Meltzer, New York Times

Can Egypt’s Transition and Economy Be Saved?

May 1, 2013, Hafez Ghanem

Free Trade Is Not Quite President Obama's Neglected Stepchild, But...

May 1, 2013, Bill Frenzel

In the Longer Run, the Short Run Matters

April 30, 2013, George L. Perry

How Much Do Americans Care About Income Inequality?

April 30, 2013, Scott Winship

Our Job Deficiency: A Challenge to the IMF-World Bank

April 29, 2013, Bessma Momani

Latin America's Macroeconomic Outlook in the Global Context: Bright Future or Déjà Vu all Over Again?

April 29, 2013

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Becoming a Techno-Industrial Power: Chinese Science and Technology Policy

April 29, 2013, Joel R. Campbell

Livelihoods, Gender and Displacement in Côte d’Ivoire

April 2013, Eric Levron

Creating Jobs Where Institutions Matter: Addressing South Africa’s Unemployment Problem

April 26, 2013, Anne W. Kamau and Andrew Westbury