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* Scott Santens. [https://medium.com/basic-income/self-driving-trucks-are-going-to-hit-us-like-a-human-driven-truck-b8507d9c5961 "Self-driving trucks are going to hit us like a human-driven truck."] ''Medium''. May 14, 2015. | * Scott Santens. [https://medium.com/basic-income/self-driving-trucks-are-going-to-hit-us-like-a-human-driven-truck-b8507d9c5961 "Self-driving trucks are going to hit us like a human-driven truck."] ''Medium''. May 14, 2015. | ||
* Natalie Kitroff. [http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-fi-automated-trucks-labor-20160924/ "Robots could replace 1.7 million American truckers in the next decade."] ''Los Angeles Times''. September 25, 2016. | * Natalie Kitroff. [http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-fi-automated-trucks-labor-20160924/ "Robots could replace 1.7 million American truckers in the next decade."] ''Los Angeles Times''. September 25, 2016. | ||
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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]. | |||
= See Also = | = See Also = | ||
* [[Equity]] | * [[Equity]] | ||
Revision as of 20:09, 15 October 2018
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.
