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Steve Mariotti: The Power of Owner-Entrepreneurship Education to Restore Our Middle-Class
Most of our national education efforts seek to teach low-income youth to become better workers. Why aren't we also teaching them how to own? If entrepreneurship is the engine of the American economy, why aren't we raising more creative entrepreneurs?
Habitat for Humanity Greens Low-Income Homes | Sustainability | Fast Company
habitat for humanitySure, LEED and Energy Star-certified houses are great, but they can never make a difference on a large scale until low-income homes are included in the mix. Habitat for Humanity aims to bring green housing to all income levels with a $30 million program that will allow Habitat
Brandon Roberts: Number of Working Poor Families Continues to Grow: Does Work Still Pay?
It's time for policy makers to put American working families first. As more families drop from the middle class, the number of working families that are low-income increases.
Steve Mariotti: Raising Owner-Entrepreneurs Would Solve Youth Unemployment, Spur Growth, and Rescue
I have just one question for the jobs debate: If entrepreneurship is this vital to the American economy, why aren't we teaching every high school student in this country how to start and operate a small business?
Benedict Clements: When Reality Doesn't Bite -- Misconceptions about the IMF and Social Spending
All too often we hear the claim that the programs the IMF supports in low-income countries hurt the most vulnerable by forcing cuts in social spending. This is a misconception.
Carlo Cottarelli: Tax Matters for Developing Countries
You hear a lot these days about the fiscal problems of advanced economies. But let's not forget the fiscal problems that low-income countries face, though they are of a different kind.
Rep. Brad Miller: Republican Amnesia on the Financial Crisis
The financial crisis occurred under a Republican administration that let the financial industry write its own rules. A narrative of the financial crisis that absolves Republicans and the financial industry requires an acrobatic and brazen imagination.
Hugh Bredenkamp: Bridges to Growth, Not Roads to Nowhere: Scaling Up Infrastructure Investment in
For low-income countries, the absence of reliable infrastructure--roads, railways, ports, but also power supply--has become an increasingly binding constraint on growth. And we know that investment in infrastructure can raise productivity, boost growth, and help reduce poverty.
Joy Moses: Today's Jobs Numbers Do Not Tell the Full Story of Men and Their Families
Addressing all of low-income men's disconnections will require policymakers and the nation to move beyond temporary job creation efforts or a simple focus on unemployment numbers.
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