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How Many Jobs Are Devoid Of Meaning?

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The findings, derived from the American Working Conditions Survey conducted in 2015, reveal that 19% of respondents expressed feelings of negligible impact and utility in their work, irrespective of their profession.

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Did Austerity Politics Lead To A Rise In Crime?

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Many governments implemented so-called austerity measures in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis in an attempt to get public finances back in order after large borrowing was implemented to bail out financial institutions. Rising crime The research looks at the impact of austerity politics on crime in England and Wales between 2011 and 2015.

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We Need To Rethink Our Mortality To Better Plan For Old Age

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Decisions around health, work, finances, and living arrangements are all key in our latter years, and having a reasonable idea as to the likely length of our life is key to making good decisions. If our estimates are significantly wide of the mark, then it can lead to financial strife and poor mental health. Life expectancy.

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Are Jobs As “B t” As We Fear?

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The researchers used the European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) results from between 2005 and 2015 to try and understand why some respondents answered either “rarely” or “never” when asked whether they do useful work. Put to the test. Indeed, the number of unfulfilled workers actually fell from 7.8%

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Funding The Next Generation Of Startups

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Such calls for more financial support for startups are not new, with former EU research commission Carlos Moedas arguing for an EU-run venture fund back in 2015, which eventually became the European Innovation Council (EIC) this year. The €10 billion fund aims to back startups with a mixture of grants and equity investments.

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Reading About Spoiled Stops My Splurge – The End of the Line for Me at SMU Basketball Games

First Friday Book Synopsis

Reading Ron Lieber‘s best-seller entitled The opposite of spoiled: Raising kids who are grounded, generous, and smart about money (Harper Business, 2015) is quite an eye-opener. He is a personal finance columnist for the New York Times.

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Overpaid CEOs a Huge Red Flag for Company Stability, Shareholder Advocacy Group Says

HR Digest

For each of As You Sow’s yearly reports dating back to 2015, the shareholder advocacy nonprofit discovered that CEO remuneration does not often connect with prior stock return success, and that instead, companies with the 100 most overpaid CEOs underperformed the equal-weighted average S&P 500 company.

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