The McKinsey Global Institute estimates that the independent workforce is some 162 million people, up to 30% of the working-age population in the United States (and most of Europe)..The report looked at the full spectrum of ways in which individuals earned income outside traditional employee roles. It says independent workers fit into four key segments: …
That there is still slavery, alive and well, in the world, is a fact that should shock us all. The International Labour Organization estimates that there are, globally, 36 million slaves, a fact that adds $150 billion annually to the criminal economy. Slavery is not only unacceptable morally; it also has a disproportionate impact on …
The citizens of the District of Columbia, comprising 680,000 people, pay more Federal income tax than 22 other states. Notwithstanding that, they have no voting member of Congress at all. Eleanor Holmes Norton has been in Congress, representing the District, for many years, but only as an observer. What is the second- most priority …
“If you do not change direction, you may end up where you’re heading”. To be fair, I think Trump does know where he is heading; he is consolidating the rule of the rich and the big corporations. Question: when will the distressed people who voted for him realise that they have been conned? At what …
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John Key, New Zealand’s centre-right PM since 2008, stunned his country recently by announcing his resignation. He said that he had “nothing left in the tank” and that political leaders “tend to stay too long”. There was speculation that his wife, Bronagh, had urged him to quit for the sake of their family life; however, …
