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...income trails that of the U.S. but is distributed far more equally. Unemployment is just 3.1%. The country exports more goods and services than it imports. And while only two Danish corporations (shipper A.P. Moller-Maersk and the Danske Bank) are big enough to make the FORTUNE Global 500 list, Denmark has more than its share of smallish, nimble, outward-looking firms well positioned in growth areas ranging from alternative energy to health care to high-end furniture...
...Swiss-based World Economic Forum releases an annual list that ranks countries on the basis of gender equality. The report measures the discrepancies between men and women in four categories: 1) educational attainment, 2) economic participation and opportunity, 3) political empowerment and 4) health and survival. The U.S. slipped from 22nd place in 2006 to 31st place this year, partly because of its low political-participation rate for women. Countries of note...
...Alpert’s wife, had similar feelings. “I’m not a WGA member but I certainly support them,” she says. Riverton made cupcakes for picketers on Los Angeles sets in a show of solidarity. The SAG website events list is riddled with picket-related gatherings, and many of Riverton’s fellow SAG members refused to cross picket lines for blacked-out network shows. The WGA is fully committed, and doesn’t plan to back down. “I think a lot of writers are mentally getting...
...honor of tomorrow’s festivities, let’s examine the Harvard-Yale face-off in an arena that makes much more sense than football—literature. Harvard’s unbridled superiority became immediately apparent when comparing the wikipedia pages entitled “List of Harvard People” and “List of Yale People.” The Harvard list is organized into a tidily defined table with a substantial section devoted to alumni involved in literature. The Yale page lumps writers, actors, and other artists into the catch-all category...
...examples of how individuals are judged on the basis of nothing more than a counting system—Penn’s book serves to magnify the differences rather than bridge any polarizing gaps between cross-cutting groups.But at least the numbers game accomplishes one goal: When you list every trend you see, you’re bound to get one right...