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Is Higher Education Too Expensive for the Middle Class?

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The middle class has traditionally believed that higher education was crucial for climbing the success ladder and making money. A Georgetown University study of the class of 2010 at the country’s 193 most selective colleges found that as entering freshmen, only 15 percent of students came from the bottom half of the income distribution.

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The Ambition Gap

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The software giant, which has expanded parental leave for both genders and mentorship programs for women , was recently named in a proposed class-action suit alleging managers unfairly passed over women for raises and promotions; Microsoft says it is reviewing the complaint. There’s only life,” says veteran Microsoft Corp. PwC LLP, the U.S.

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It's the Economy, Stupid!

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Murray, co-author of The Bell Curve , restricted his focus as a way of “stripping away distractions” of race to focus on class, a more salient dividing line. Murray’s second part details the declining hold of the “founders’ values” among lower-class white Americans. As the subtitle attests, what he actually examines is white America.

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Training the Mind

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A 2010 Harvard study about mind-wandering stated, "Forty-seven percent of our life is lost in thought. A new class of app has emerged on iPhone screens, promising to relieve the mental afflictions--stress, distraction--that have been exacerbated by its neighbors. Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (M.B.S.R.) Because M.B.S.R.

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2 Debt Instruments Pose Peril to Millions of Investors

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27): Just 35 percent of new leveraged loans issued in 2016's first half had traditional covenants that require regular financial check-ups, compared with 100 percent in 2010. But we're not asking you to attend a class in 'good calls.' With that in mind, consider this (Bloomberg, Sept. In fact, we'd like to show you four.

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Bank of America: Yesterday and Today

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Offering loans of $10 to $300 to anyone who had a job, Giannini convinced those in the working class that they should turn their tin cans of savings over to his bank. Source: The New York Times, December 12, 2010. . He was open for business the next day at a makeshift desk in North Beach, offering to lend money "on a face and a name."

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Wasted Human Capital

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A Georgetown University study of the class of 2010 at the country’s 193 most selective colleges found that as entering freshmen, only 15 percent of students came from the bottom half of the income distribution. These statistics mean that on many campuses affluent students outnumber middle-class students.