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The Jewish Americans
THE JEWISH AMERICANS is a three-night documentary that explores 350 years of Jewish American history. Written and directed by award-winning filmmaker David Grubin, THE JEWISH AMERICANS is a journey through time, from the first settlement in 1654 to the present. It is about the struggle of a tiny minority who make their way into the American mainstream while, at the same time, maintaining a sense of their own identity as Jews.
Kondratiev wave
In economics , Kondratiev waves (also called supercycles , great surges , long waves , K-waves or the long economic cycle ) are supposedly cycle-like phenomena in the modern capitalist world economy . [ 1 ] Averaging fifty and ranging from approximately forty to sixty years, the cycles consist of alternating periods between high sectoral growth and periods of relatively slow growth. [ 2 ] Unlike the short-term business cycle , the long wave of this theory is not accepted by current mainstream economics . [ citation needed ]
Innovation and the Bell Labs Miracle
But we idealize America’s present culture of innovation too much. In fact, our trailblazing digital firms may not be the hothouse environments for creativity we might think. I find myself arriving at these doubts after spending five years looking at the innovative process at Bell Labs, the onetime research and development organization of the country’s formerly monopolistic telephone company, AT&T. Why study Bell Labs?Childhood Lost: Child Labor During the Industrial Revolution Introduction | Primary Sources and Analysis Tools Library of Congress Resources | Primary Source Set Choose a link below to access printable PDF versions of these materials including additional information, color images and citations. Childhood Lost:Child Labor During the Industrial Revolution Resource Booklet | Primary Source Set Primary Source Set This Primary Source Set is merely a sample of resources from the digitized collections of the Library of Congress.
Childhood Lost: Primary Source Set
But as the 2012 presidential candidates roam the state offering ways to “ bring the jobs back ,” many manufacturers say that, in fact, the jobs are already here. What’s missing are the skilled workers needed to fill them. A metal-parts factory here has been searching since the fall for a machinist, an assembly team leader and a die-setter. Another plant is offering referral bonuses for a welder. And a company that makes molds for automakers has been trying for seven months to fill four spots on the second shift. “Our guys have been working 60 to 70 hours a week, and they’re dead.
U.S. manufacturing sees shortage of skilled factory workers
Spending Won’t Fix What Ails U.S. Infrastructure: Edward Glaeser
President Barack Obama ’s announcement yesterday of a six-year, $476 billion surface transportation reauthorization bill, as part of his 2013 budget, is the latest demonstration of a longstanding presidential propensity for transportation projects. The U.S. owes its emergence as a great power to magnificent investments in infrastructure. The emerging giant of today, China (TBBLCHNA) , is following that example. Many imagine that we must again build big to stay on top.