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National Journal Nine to Five, After 65
The number of senior citizens in the workforce has nearly tripled since the 1970s.
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Robert Galbraith / Reuters Damn the Developers?
Regular old home buyers are having a hard time finding places they can afford. Are investors to blame?
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National Journal A Truce in the War Between Cities and Their Suburbs
Dueling tax incentives and bidding wars are so retro. Now economic development is all about regional cooperation.
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Reuters Marrying Your Peer, a Tougher Prospect for Black Women
Options for unions based on education differ across race, and that can feed into growing inequality.
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Lynne Sladky / AP Who Will Care for America's Seniors?
Being a home-health aide is a lonely, difficult job, and the pay is miserable. But the country needs to find millions more people to do it.
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Vincent Kessler / Reuters What Sweden and Japan Can Teach the U.S. About Its Aging Workforce
The global population is getting older. What can countries do?
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Unequal Until the End
For the affluent, old age has its challenges. For the impoverished, it's only harder.
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The Predictable Misery of Unpredictable Work
The 17 percent of workers who deal with erratic scheduling tend to be those who can afford instability the least.
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Yuriko Nakao / Reuters Nine to Five, After 65
The number of senior citizens in the workforce has nearly tripled since the 1970s.
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Eddie Guy Can Bankers Behave?
Wall Street still has basically the same culture that led to the 2008 crash. But one big firm is trying to change—as government regulators begin to question whether financial institutions can be reformed at all.
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Romeo Ranoco/Reuters The Danger of Borrowing Money From Your Future Self
There are lots of problems with 401(k) plans, including the ability to whittle away savings long before retirement.
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THE GREEN HOUSE (r) PROJECT Building Better Nursing Homes
After plenty of isolated successes, the question isn't what good nursing homes look like, but how to transform existing facilities into places that look like them.
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AJ Reynolds/AP Millennials: Not So Cheap, After All
For a while, young people were taking public transit and using car-sharing apps instead of buying cars. But now they're heading to the dealership, just like their parents.
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National Journal The Long-Term Unemployment Trap
The longer someone has gone without a job, the harder it is for them to land one. These programs have figured a way back into work.
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Mike Blake/Reuters Unequal Until the End
For the affluent, old age has its challenges. For the impoverished, it's only harder.
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Is There A Future for Appalachia After Coal?
The region will need to keep its younger generations from leaving if it is to thrive once again.
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Lucy Nicholson/Reuters How America Reduced Its Healthcare Spending by $2 Trillion
Thanks, Obama?
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David Gray / Reuters Women Are Owning More and More Small Businesses
But don't celebrate just yet.
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National Journal This Is Where White People Live
Self-segregation and clustered affluence is now normal in America. Why do policymakers only worry about concentrated poverty?
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What Education Can and Can't Do for Economic Inequality
A new study looks at whether or not a college degree can chip away at income disparities.
