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The Fall In Self-Employment Due To The Cost Of Living Crisis

The Horizons Tracker

Research from the London School of Economics suggests that matters have not changed a great deal as we exit from the pandemic period and struggle through the cost of living crisis. This puts a considerable strain on people’s finances and makes it that much harder to make ends meet.

Cost 98
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Preview Thursday: Untangling the USA: The Cost of Complexity and What Can Be Done About It

Lead Change Blog

The following is a preview of Untangling the USA: The Cost of Complexity and What Can Be Done About It by Etienne Deffarges. The result is high costs (literally trillions of dollars), poor results, deepening social inequality, and the erosion of public trust. The increased role of finance in our economy. Government.

Cost 172
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A Company Health & Wellness Center that Delivers High Value Low Cost Healthcare – Is it Possible?

N2Growth Blog

Each year HR professionals undertake an annual process to determine what benefits will be offered to employees as part of their benefit package – possibly considering what benefit will be taken away or how much premiums will increase to offset growing benefit plan costs. Why should you make the effort to look into and research this option?

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Leadership & Political Correctness | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

OXYMORON …Great leaders are not politically correct, but they are politically savvy – there is a difference. Putting political agendas and peer pressure aside (as great leaders do), leaders should not make their choices based upon public opinion. Their responsibility is to be correct; not politically correct.

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Report Makes The Case For UBI To Tackle Poverty

The Horizons Tracker

The authors argue that UBI could cut poverty by half with no net cost, which would reduce poverty in the UK to its lowest level in 60 years. Cost-effective. It’s a change that would pay for the costs of the UBI, and the authors believe, ensure that the poorest in society get the help they need.

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Research Reveals Unfair Stereotypes About Homeless People

The Horizons Tracker

In a recent article, I explored how our political values tend to influence how we perceive people with obesity. Similar political traits influence our views of people living in poverty or experiencing other forms of hardship. What’s surprising to me was how large this bias was,” the authors conclude. ”

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6 Rules for Defense Start-Up Innovators

Strategy Driven

A smaller group can dedicate all its resources to the development of a single product and does not have to negotiate the labyrinth of internal politics large companies face. The department of defense is ideally looking to fill requirements most simply and cost-effectively possible – after all, it is taxpayer’s money that you are vying for.