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...month with an accounting degree from the Shanxi Construction Engineering Institute of Technology in central China. In the four months she has looked for a job, she has had one offer: ad-agency secretary, which paid $234 per month. As Xi knows well, there are migrant construction workers who earn more than that. She turned the job down, then had second thoughts. "It's been harder than I expected to get a job, so I called them back. But it had been filled." What does she plan to do now? With a hint of sarcasm, she says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Not-So-Great Expectations | 8/14/2008 | See Source »

What do urban waiters usually earn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Confessions of an Angry Waiter | 8/11/2008 | See Source »

...they flourish despite the specter of cricket looming above them like some toxic cloud. We would do ourselves a huge favor by declaring a moratorium on cricket for maybe 10 years, diverting our attention and money to all the other hopelessly funded sports in India, and watching the cricketers earn a living like us lesser mortals. U.K. Sadhoo, New Delhi

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 8/8/2008 | See Source »

...Naturally, if companies are going to get more involved, they need to earn some kind of return. This is the heart of creative capitalism. It's not just about doing more corporate philanthropy or asking companies to be more virtuous. It's about giving them a real incentive to apply their expertise in new ways, making it possible to earn a return while serving the people who have been left out. This can happen in two ways: companies can find these opportunities on their own, or governments and nonprofits can help create such opportunities where they presently don't exist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Making Capitalism More Creative | 7/31/2008 | See Source »

...free dealer-training course at the government-run Macao Tourism and Casino Career Centre. Lei says she had little choice. Her father, a hotel repairman, and mother, a janitor at a construction site, were barely able to support the family as Macau's costs rose. The salary Lei can earn as a dealer, roughly $1,900 a month, will instantly double the family income. "My parents encouraged me to go to college but our financial situation is already so tight that I decided on my own to become a dealer," she explains. Stories like Lei's have become so commonplace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Split Personality | 7/31/2008 | See Source »

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