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[[wikipedia:Greg Mankiw|N. Gregory Mankiw]] on [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/05/business/surprising-truths-about-trade-deficits.html the surprising truths about trade deficits]. | [[wikipedia:Greg Mankiw|N. Gregory Mankiw]] on [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/05/business/surprising-truths-about-trade-deficits.html the surprising truths about trade deficits]. | ||
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Immigrants contribute an outsized portion of innovation in the U.S.<ref>John A. Griffin. [https://harvardmagazine.com/2019/01/william-kerr-harvard "The Innovation Engine."] ''Harvard Magazine''. January-February 2019.</ref> | |||
* Since 1901, 33% of U.S. Nobel Laureates have been immigrants | |||
* In 2014, 40% of doctoral degrees awarded to non-citizens | |||
* More than a quarter of U.S. entrepreneurs were born overseas. The number has been rising steadily since 1995. | |||
* [https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/profile.aspx?facId=337265 William Kerr] estimates that immigrants accounted for 29% of patents in 2017, up from 9% in 1975 | |||
* Native-born residents display more creativity where many immigrants work in innovation | |||
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* [[Equity]] | * [[Equity]] | ||
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Revision as of 00:45, 27 January 2019
Poverty
wikipedia:Poverty in the United States offers a good overview of how we measure poverty in the U.S. The Census Bureau tracks two measures: the official measure (developed in the early 1960s when Lyndon B. Johnson declared War on Poverty) and the Supplemental Poverty Measure.
Sites with clean interfaces that track various stats:
- Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity
- Talk Poverty (hosted by the Center for American Progress)
- National Center for Children in Poverty
Middle-Class Jobs
- Quoctrung Bui. "The most common jobs for the rich, middle class, and poor." NPR Planet Money. October 16, 2014.
Truck Driving
- Scott Santens. "Self-driving trucks are going to hit us like a human-driven truck." Medium. May 14, 2015.
- Natalie Kitroff. "Robots could replace 1.7 million American truckers in the next decade." Los Angeles Times. September 25, 2016.
Trade
N. Gregory Mankiw on the surprising truths about trade deficits.
Innovation
Immigrants contribute an outsized portion of innovation in the U.S.[1]
- Since 1901, 33% of U.S. Nobel Laureates have been immigrants
- In 2014, 40% of doctoral degrees awarded to non-citizens
- More than a quarter of U.S. entrepreneurs were born overseas. The number has been rising steadily since 1995.
- William Kerr estimates that immigrants accounted for 29% of patents in 2017, up from 9% in 1975
- Native-born residents display more creativity where many immigrants work in innovation
See Also
References
- ↑ John A. Griffin. "The Innovation Engine." Harvard Magazine. January-February 2019.
