Fast Company | Vivian Giang
From physical space to workplace culture, a new study reveals the potential in our next 15 years of work.
The Huffington Post | Emily Cohn
The U.S. economy is still missing about 5.6 million jobs.
The Washington Post | Amy Webb
Five big ideas highlighted for 2015 will affect our elected leaders. Here’s what Congress should do with them.
FiveThirtyEight | Ben Casselman
The jobs keep coming. The raises still aren’t.
The Washington Post | Niraj Chokshi
If they were countries, four states and D.C. would rank among the 10 with the fastest speeds.
The Guardian | Jana Kasperkevic
Americans are still struggling with low wages, with paychecks at roughly 1995 levels.
Wired | Rhett Allain
Scholars might debate the exact beginning of the robotification of Earth, but we should all agree that it has already started.
The New York Times | Josh Katz
Here is a snapshot of a typical weekday for the almost 30 million prime-age Americans who are not employed.
Chicago Tribune | Diana Ransom and Liz Welch
To Dyson, the future of entrepreneurship requires a strong purpose and clear values.
The Washington Post | David Tuffley
To prepare for work of future, we can make a catalogue of the generic skills that will be valued highly.
Wired | Jay Walker
The U.S. patent database is too hard to access.
The Conversation | David Glance
Technology can affect our language, the way we speak, and even the way we think.
The Economist | The Economist staff
The rise of the on-demand economy poses difficult questions for workers, companies and politicians.
The Guardian | Steve Viuker
Most US small businesses are organized as sole proprietors, so they pay individual income taxes rather than the corporate tax.
The New York Times | Room for Debate
According to recent studies, more than half of Americans believe the American Dream is dead, never existed, or is unachievable.
Pew Research Center | Lee Rainie and Janna Anderson
Experts offer 5 takeaways on where things would stand by the year 2025 as technology and society keep evolving.
The New York Times | Richard Perez-Pena
The Obama administration will offer its first public glimpse of a planned system for rating how well colleges perform.
Pew Research Center | Lee Rainie and Janna Anderson
Privacy faces pressure from technological change, monetization of digital encounters, and the shifting relationship of citizens and their governments.
The Huffington Post | Steven M. Gillon
The American Dream has evolved and changed over time just as the nation has changed.
The Washington Post | Jim Tankersley
Some economists see a link between the scarcity of start-ups and the rise in influence-peddling.
Pew Research Center | Richard Fry and Rakesh Kochhar
The gap between America’s upper-income and middle-income families has reached its highest level on record.
Fast Company | Satta Sarmah
They see you when you’re sleeping. They know when they’re awake.
The Washington Post | Dominic Basulto
Digital hoarding may be contributing to your information obesity.”
The Washington Post | Jim Tankersley
Wall Street is expanding, and the economy is worse off for it.
The Washington Post | Jim Tankersley
The odds are stacked against low-income Americans seeking the education they need to move up.
The New York Times | Nelson D. Schwartz
Even the seemingly good news for wages in November wasn’t clear-cut.
Forbes | Randall Lane
When you look at massive public spending areas, it’s education alone that has the promise of a numeric return on a collective investment.
The Washington Post | Jim Tankersley
The past three recessions sparked a chain reaction of layoffs and lower pay.
The Washington Post | Jim Tankersley
The middle class took America to the moon. Then something went horribly wrong.
Fast Company | Clark Arkenberg
Intelligent, predictive, and adaptive, a network of robotic minds will soon start changing every aspect of how we live.
The New York Times | Amanda Cox
Every month, the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics ask men who are not in the labor force to describe their situation.
The New York Times | Mitchell L. Stevens
Virtually all selective schools arrange their undergraduate programs on the presumption that teenagers are the primary clients.
OECD Publishing | OECD
This OECD report uses internationally comparable indicators to provide a comprehensive perspective on the digital economy.
