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August 17, 2021

Women and Economic Growth
The Robots are Coming, but We’ll Still Have a Global Digital Underclass

Dr. Mary Gray revealed the hidden realities of the overlooked and undervalued workers driving our economy through their labor—what Gray calls “ghost work.”

A woman inputs data into a computer at the Konga online shopping company warehouse in Lagos.
Blog Post by Catherine Powell and Haydn Welch Women Around the World

August 12, 2021

Labor and Employment
The Robots are Coming, but We’ll Still Have a Global Digital Underclass

Dr. Mary Gray revealed the hidden realities of the overlooked and undervalued workers driving our economy through their labor—what Gray calls “ghost work.”

A staff inputs data into a computer at the warehouse of Konga online shopping company in Ilupeju district in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos
Blog Post by Catherine Powell and Haydn Welch Net Politics

March 7, 2013

United States
Obama’s Minimum-Wage Hike Will Hit Employment

President Obama has proposed increasing the federal hourly minimum wage from $7.25 to $9.00, pointing out that 19 states already have minimum wages in excess of $7.25.  Only one state, however, Wa…

Obama’s Minimum-Wage Hike Will Hit Employment
Blog Post by Benn Steil and Dinah Walker Geo-Graphics

May 29, 2015

Egypt
Weekend Reading: Egypt’s Money Pit, Morocco’s Jewish Community, and Saudi Civil Society

Nizar Manek and Jeremy Hodge chase after $9.4 billion worth of secret accounts and special funds hidden away by top Egyptian officials. Evelyn Crunden examines how one group in Morocco remembers and…

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Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates

July 27, 2012

Turkey
Weekend Reading: The Morsi Meter, What Turkey Wants, and Hanging with Manaf Tlass

Introducing the Morsi Meter Turkey and the  “Syria Cauldron” by Jeremy Salt Bassem Haddad’s 50 Minutes with Manaf Tlass

A man reads a book at Mutanabi Street in Baghdad
Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates