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The Futures of Work: New Report Illuminates Global Opportunities and Disruptions

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Futures of Work: New Report Illuminates Global Opportunities and Disruptions WASHINGTON, DC, January 14, 2016—Workers everywhere will be affected by accelerating disruptions to the world of work—yet people in different economic positions will be impacted in very different ways, according to The Futures of Work, a groundbreaking new report from Foresight…

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The New Three Rs: Rating, Ranking, Reputation

The not-yet launched social rating app Peeple recently caught the attention of the Internet, and the reaction was not kind. By the admission of its founders, Peeple seeks to be “the Yelp for people,” a succinct tagline that detractors immediately seized upon. According to its creators, Peeple seeks to consolidate reviews of ordinary people. Have…

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Work without Jobs

At a Brookings event this week, panelists made some provocative forecasts on the future of work in the face of automation. The two speakers, Nick Hanauer and Scott Santens, are in some ways in opposing camps: Hanauer believes that technology is providing better jobs, and will continue to, while Santens foresees a need for new…

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