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Journal of Economic Perspectives—Volume 29, Number 3—Summer 2015—Pages 3–30 Why Are There Still So Many Jobs? The History and Future of Workplace Automation† David H. Autor T here have been periodic warnings in the last two centuries that automation and new technology were going to wipe out large numbers of middle class jobs. The best-known early example is the Luddite movement of the early 19th century, in which a group of English textile artisans protested the automation of textile
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Water Resources Act of 1957(SJRWMD, 1957). This led to the development of Florida’s Water Model Code that granted five water management districts authority to manage water resources in the State of Florida. When the Florida Resources Act of 1972 was enacted, the water management districts inherited a public policy role. Through this public policy authority Florida’s Water Management District’s make decisions as to the amount of water available for growth throughout Florida. The question is; if Florida
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Volume 20 Number 2 SPANNING THE GLOBE Duke Leads the Way in International Law Teaching and Scholarship inside plus Duke admits smaller, exceptionally well-qualified class Duke’s Global Capital Markets Center to launch new Directors’ Education Institute from the dean Dear Alumni and Friends, It is not possible, these days, for a top law school to be anything other than an international one. At Duke Law, we no longer think of “international” as a separate category. Virtually everything
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The Productivity Commission The Productivity Commission, is the Australian Government’s independent research and advisory body on a range of economic, social and environmental issues affecting the welfare of Australians. Its role, expressed most simply, is to help governments make better policies, in the long term interest of the Australian community. The Commission’s independence is underpinned by an Act of Parliament. Its processes and outputs are open to public scrutiny and are driven by consideration
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Kong, Singapore, Turkey, South Africa, Jordan 2 3 ), BarterTrust/Tradaq (USA, UK, Canada) 4 , BarterNet/Intagio (Canada, Mexico, USA & Europe) and Bigvine (Australia, Canada, USA)5; through to the dramatic downsizing of the once-wildly successful government supported 6 Argentinean “Red Global de Trueque” community currency system 7 , which grew to a peak of nearly 1,000,000 participants and an annual trade volume of $4-600 million US dollars8 before dramatically halving in size almost overnight910
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thing for their customers. Companies consider profit, consumer satisfaction, and societal well being as equally important in the way business is conducted. Governments often enact laws that force businesses to function ethically. Consumers also can force businesses to act ethically regarding their purchases. For example, in the United States today, consumers and consumer activists boycott over 800 products. This chapter is on socially responsible business. Teachers and students want to know about
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