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Many Northeast, Midwest states face shrinking workforce
In many parts of the Northeast and Midwest, population growth is slowing at an unprecedented rate as people are getting older, women…
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Bay State economy seen threatened by global slowdown
BOSTON – Massachusetts holds a "precarious footing" on its economic future, according to a group of regional economists and forecasters, who…
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Boston workforce breakdown reveals imbalances
BOSTON – Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, a Democrat and a former labor leader, presides over a workforce where a lopsided portion of the…
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A city with a future is a city for families
A few years ago at a gathering of the region's economists, former city councilor, legal eagle and overall political savant,…
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Work is a blessing, not a punishment
In America today, too many people believe that work is drudgery — that only certain kinds of employment are ennobling or provide fulfillment.…
