Honduras
The Honduras government has signed a deal with private investors to create three privately run cities with their own legal and tax systems.
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Future of the world’s oldest bank uncertain
Monte die Paschi Bank
The Monte die Paschi Bank, tucked away in this Tuscan city, is the world’s oldest bank. It has survived the Borgias, pestilence and too many wars to count. Now, a mundane foe has proved far more dangerous: Italian government debt.
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Retirement age a moving target for baby boomers
Bill Brockman landed a post-retirement job at a child development center in Kansas.
Just how much the Great Recession reshaped what many baby boomers thought retirement would look like is becoming clearer: More than ever, they now expect to retire later or work when they’re “retired.”
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A national survey shows most Americans are confused about what cloud computing is
A majority of Millennials, believe stormy weather can interfere with cloud computing.
“The cloud” is the tech buzzword of the year. But many Americans remain foggy about what the cloud really is and how it works. A new national survey by Wakefield Research, commissioned by Citrix, showed that most respondents believe the cloud is related to weather, while some referred to pillows, drugs and toilet paper. Those in the know claim working from home in their “birthday suit” is the cloud’s greatest advantage. The good news is that even those that don’t know exactly what the cloud is recognize its economic benefits and think the cloud is a catalyst for small business growth.
Why the sharp decline of the middle class
Janis Adkins lives in her van in Santa Barbara.
Median household income is in the middle of its worst 12-year period since the Great Depression. New York Times and David Leonhardt have launched a feature to investigate the hardest question: Why?
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Only 14% of Americans believe their kids will be better off than their parents
More and more Americans are growing increasingly skeptical of the American dream.
A new Rasmussen Reports poll finds that 14 percent of American adults believe children these days will enjoy a better life than their parents did, an all-time low.
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5 things you don’t know about healthcare in America
America spends $2.4 trillion each year on medical care.
Your head is probably full of facts and a few distortions thanks to the seemingly endless debate about how best to fix healthcare in the United States and what exactly the problem is with American medicine. In his new book Fractured, Ted Epperly, M.D., a former Army doctor and professor of community medicine at the University of Washinton (and Men’s Health‘s family medicine advisor), breaks it down for you. Here, Epperly cuts through the politics and explains just how big a hole we’ve dug for ourselves—and how you can make it out sooner than you think.
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U.S. colleges see increased demand for degrees in agriculture
An agronomist measures and records corn growth and other processes.
Many U.S. colleges see a boom in enrollment for agriculture as students flock to study subjects they feel offer a clear path to a job on graduation.
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The Threat of a Jobless World
Futurist Thomas Frey: People are seriously worried. I’ve been in a number of conversations recently where people are very worried about our coming era of automation where fewer and fewer jobs will be left for people to do.
Two views on a post-employment economy
Post-employment economy
Will a post-employment economy actually suck or will it wallow in awesomeness? DaVinci Institute founder, Thomas Frey and the Atlantic’s Conor Sen offer two different views on the post-employment economy.
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The ‘American Dream’ has become a myth
It is a lot harder these days than it used to be for Americans to improve their circumstances. One of the most distressing aspects of the state of the US economy is the decrease in social mobility. In other words, if Americans are born poor, they’re overwhelmingly likely to stay poor.
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When Countries Go Bankrupt
Futurist Thomas Frey: In December 2006, Britain made its final payment of $84 million on a $4.34 billion loan from the U.S. that was made all the way back in 1945. Germany wasn’t the only country to go bankrupt after WWII. This money allowed Britain to stave off its total collapse after devoting almost all its resources to the war for over half a decade.
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