Best College Majors – For Obtaining Jobs

Best College Majors – For Obtaining Jobs

http://education.yahoo.net/articles/best_degrees_for_job_offers.htm

UPDATE:
The value of college education (interesting graphic included in the article):
http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21600131-too-many-degrees-are-waste-money-return-higher-education-would-be-much-better


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A fascinating tidbit from a NYTIMES op-ed on the race to get into elite colleges:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/01/opinion/bruni-our-crazy-college-crossroads.html

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A friend of mine in Africa told me recently about a center for orphans there that a rich American couple financed in part to give their own teenage children an exotic charity to visit occasionally and mine for college-application essays: admissions bait. That’s the degree of cunning that comes into this frenzy.”

High-Frequency Trading and Stock Market Rigging

NYT Debate: Was Marx Right?

NYT Forum Debate – Was Marx Right?

Wide ranging perspectives can be found here (including the viewpoints of prominent economists):

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2014/03/30/was-marx-right

A side note:
This week's cover story in The Economist - Rise of the Robots:
http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21599762-prepare-robot-invasion-it-will-change-way-people-think-about-technology-rise

Job destruction by robots could outweigh creation

http://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21599525-job-destruction-robots-could-outweigh-creation-mighty-contest

Smart Analysis of China's Economy

A very good piece from the outgoing China editor of The Economist:
http://www.economist.com/news/china/21599806-our-asia-economics-editor-takes-his-leave-less-worried-many-his-peers-about-frailties

Stephen Roach's interesting piece on China:
http://www.project-syndicate.org/print/stephen-s--roach-reports-that-the-country-s-top-economic-officials-have-all-but-abandoned-traditional-growth-targets

An Upside Down World

Developed Economies vs. Emerging Markets

Fed and Bank Stress Tests

After the Commodity Boom

Can Latin America Growth In the Absence of a Commodity Boom?
http://www.economist.com/news/americas/21599782-instead-crises-past-mediocre-growth-big-riskunless-productivity-rises-life

Even Chile’s Has Got Problems:

http://www.project-syndicate.org/print/andres-velasco-criticizes-chilean-politicians--failure-to-diversify-the-economy-and-boost-its-human-capital