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...deputy chief economist at the bank First Chicago NBD. These gradual earnings gains might signal an increase in inflation, because compensation makes up the bulk of most employers' expenses. But the glory of the economy today is its remarkable balance. While labor costs are indeed rising, they are largely offset by the growing productivity of American workers, who are among the most efficient in the world. And although the strong dollar curbs U.S. exports, particularly to Asia, it also drives down the prices of imports, from clothing to cars and cameras, and thereby keeps inflation under control...
...bold, black letters of tabloid headlines, offset by the stark white of the paper beneath, unrelentingly flash their news before the bustling traffic of the London subways. The story is the murder of Stephen Lawrence, a young black high school student killed five years ago at a bus stop allegedly by five white...
...University, sees more than that to be optimistic about. He notes that almost half the current work force is between the ages of 35 and 50, vs. only 35% in 1980. "These are experienced people who are going to be more productive," he says, and their productivity is helping offset wage increases. They tend to stay in their jobs longer than younger workers, whose frequent churning creates heavy costs for employers. Reich and Fromstein both observe that employers have been inventive in finding "flexible" ways to reward workers without increasing fixed-wage costs. They are paying out relatively more...
True, being poor and impotent in a society obsessed with money and sex is awful to bear, but there must be a more pressing use of a spare million than erections for the downtrodden. The good that Viagra for the Poor might do was immediately offset by another round of bad Viagra humor--tales that walking past all those signs saying WILL WORK FOR FOOD AND VIAGRA inspired Ace to donate $1 million in seed money to the cause...
...increase would have been higher had it not been offset by a decline in students in the English Language Program, for students whose first language is not English, Queen said...