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As profession-based privilege supplants hereditary privilege, three new books champion essential blue-collar skills
Rising living costs and less stable jobs could fuel political instability, OECD warns
Colombian president flies to Havana to seek support for regional initiative
Automation has often taken routine jobs that have been replaced by better ones
For decades, the Sun Belt promised jobs but the problems of wage inequality are catching up
Household incomes have fallen in more than four-fifths of America’s metropolitan areas this century
Pennsylvania wants to extend its campaign to curtail the influence of special interests
Companies struggle to adapt to an over-60s group that is set to drive half of all US spending growth
Society splinters as bedrock of postwar economy is ‘hollowed out’
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