May 2010
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CLUI Programs & Projects: Exhibits →
April 2010
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South Korea and Japan streets ahead in smart... →
The construction industry helped turn South Korea from a post-civil-war wasteland into a thriving modern economy — and since the early 1990s, has been in partnership with information technology.
March 2010
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Are Jobless Recoveries the New Norm? →
“Recent recessions have been followed by exceptionally slow recoveries in the labor market, and the current recession is shaping up to follow the same pattern. We take a close look at some labor market measures and uncover a difference between these recent recessions and those that preceded them—workers are staying unemployed longer. This difference is a clue we can use to predict how...
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Robert Reich: The Sham Recovery →
Are we finally in a recovery? Who’s “we,” kemosabe? Big global companies, Wall Street, and high-income Americans who hold their savings in financial instruments are clearly doing better. As to the rest of us – small businesses along Main Streets, and middle and lower-income Americans – forget it.
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“I have tasted the maggots in the mind of the universe. I was not offended. I...”
– George Clinton, Parliament