Escritos Críticos

Etiqueta: University of Michigan

  • Higher costs and stronger trade unions for the strongest (recovery) sector of the US economy

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    […] Manufacturing is the strongest sector of the US economy, growing at an estimated annual rate of 9.1 per cent in the first quarter, compared with 1.8 per cent for the economy as a whole. Other states with sharply rising manufacturing employment include Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana and Pennsylvania, with Texas as the best performer in…

  • O capital intelectual

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      El capital intelectual (Spanish) Intellectual Capital (English) Capitale intellettuale (Italian)   O capital intelectual Jorge Majfud   Em 1970, a greve dos operários da General Motors reduziu o PIB dos Estados Unidos em cerca de 4%, e acredita-se que foi esta a razão dos míseros 2% de crescimento experimentados pelo país nos anos seguintes. Hoje,…

  • Latinos Nix Violence

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    Latinos Nix Violence by Erin O’Donnell First-generation immigrants are more likely to be law-abiding than third-generation Americans of similar socioeconomic status, reports Robert Sampson, Ford professor of the social sciences. These new findings run counter to conventional wisdom, which holds that immigration creates chaos. The prevailing “social disorganization theory” first gained traction in the 1920s…