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money

The gig economy helps all, from rich to poor

"The gig economy is paying off for workers who are already among America's highest earners," the Wall Street Journal reported last week. The story asserted that companies such as Airbnb and Uber likely weren't making much of a dent in income inequality. The Journal

liberals

Poverty fight provides common ground for conservatives, liberals

"Poverty is changing, and policy responses must change too," argues an important recent report published by the right-leaning American Enterprise Institute and the left-leaning Brookings Institution. The document — the product of a bipartisan group of top scholars — combines political diversity with shared values to make a dozen recommendations

donors

Billions in Change fights poverty with inventions

How do you change the world? Is foreign aid the most effective tool, or should charities funded by millions of small donors lead the way? A new organization called Billions in Change is trying a new strategy: creating inventions to solve the most fundamental problems that people face around the

Massachusetts

Which states are poised for economic growth? New report explores

Texas remains the leader among the 50 states in terms of economic vitality — for the moment. But a heavy debt load and high property and sales taxes imperil its future growth, according a new survey by the American Legislative Exchange Council. And the state with the best overall economic outlook?

Massachusetts

Cambridge-based Litographs lets you wear your favorite books

As a stellar example of creative entrepreneurship, a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based small business has found an innovative way to make the characters of your favorite book jump off the page. Litographs brings together readers and authors through a new style of printing that actually prints the words of a book on

Iraq

There’s a new way to measure global freedom

Alexis de Tocqueville once wrote, "He who seeks freedom for anything but freedom's self is made to be a slave." Tocqueville's observation about the French Revolution sets the tone for the Human Freedom Index (HFI), a new report that offers a comprehensive measure of

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States see value in cutting taxes

A new report by the Center for State Fiscal Reform at the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) highlights states that are spurring economic growth by cutting taxes. The report highlights a number of states that have qualified for all three editions of ALEC's "State Tax Cut Roundup.