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Oct 5, 2016
Christian Science Monitor - Climate change is still very much a political issue, finds a new poll by the Pew Research Center. But the seeds of consensus are present, too – and they may get to the heart of what Americans value.
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Oct 5, 2016
TIME - You don’t necessarily need an MBA or a PhD to get a high-paying job, but the job outlook for this bachelor’s degree also shows why it’s a bad idea to pick a career based on cash alone.
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Oct 5, 2016
Union Democrat - My mom enjoys a comfortable retirement but, at age 91, she’s still cautious about spending down her retirement savings.
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Oct 5, 2016
Dallas Morning News - Adam Smith, the father of economics, is chiefly remembered for explaining how specialization and the division of labor create wealth. But his magisterial Wealth of Nations contains dozens of other insights that transcend the author's context and speak to today's most crucial public issues. The direst is what Smith calls the "juggling trick," when governments take on unsustainable levels of debt, use political tricks to hide the true magnitude of the problem and repeat for as long as they can get away with. As the recent debate shows, neither Hillary Clinton nor Donald Trump has a solution to the looming U.S, fiscal crisis.