The Equality Issue - March 25, 2019 Issue

March 25, 2019 Issue

Inequality Is Holding Economies Back. Education Could Be One Solution

Inequality Is Holding Economies Back. Education Could Be One Solution

By Jeanna Smialek

Bloomberg Opinion

Bloomberg Opinion

The Wrong Way to Fight Fake News

By The Editors

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Remarks

Remarks

Facebook and Google Are Guilty of a Failure to Take Ownership

By Polly Mosendz and Gerrit De Vynck

Facebook and Google Are Guilty of a Failure to Take Ownership

Business

Business

Levi Strauss Is Betting on Tops

By Matthew Townsend

Levi Strauss Is Betting on Tops

KFC Aims to Keep Its China Edge With AI Menu, Robot Ice Cream Maker

By Bloomberg News

KFC Aims to Keep China Edge With AI Menu

Competing Against Facebook and Google in the $2 Trillion Travel Industry

By Dimitra Kessenides

Competing Against Facebook and Google in the $2 Trillion Travel Industry

Technology

Technology

State Attorneys General Lay Groundwork for Google Investigation

By Joshua Brustein and Peter Robison

State Attorneys General Lay Groundwork for Google Investigation

Trump Finally Names a U.S. CTO

By Max Chafkin

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Intel’s Latest Chip Push Suggests the Company Has a Short Memory

By Ian King

Intel’s Latest Chip Push Suggests the Company Has a Short Memory

Finance

Finance

A Proposed Megadeal Exposes the Grim Outlook for Europe’s Banks

By Elisa Martinuzzi

A Proposed Megadeal Exposes the Grim Outlook for Europe’s Banks

How Fast Can CalPERS’s $360 Billion Grow?

By John Gittelsohn

How Fast Can CalPERS’s $360 Billion Grow?

Economics

Economics

Warren Buffett Hates It. AOC Is for It. A Beginner’s Guide to Modern Monetary Theory

By Peter Coy, Katia Dmitrieva and Matthew Boesler

Warren Buffett Hates It. AOC Is for It. A Beginner’s Guide to Modern Monetary Theory

Italy’s Embrace of China’s ‘Belt and Road’ Is a Snub to Washington

By Vernon Silver and Sheridan Prasso

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Politics

Politics

U.K. Private Prisons Are One Industry Not Worried About Brexit

By Joshua Jacobs

U.K. Private Prisons Are One Industry Not Worried About Brexit

An Exiled Billionaire Haunts Thailand

By Blake Schmidt and Randy Thanthong-Knight

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Richard Belzer and Clint Eastwood Can’t Save the Failing National Law Enforcement Museum

By Amanda Albright

Richard Belzer and Clint Eastwood Can’t Save the Failing National Law Enforcement Museum

Features

Features

Inequality Is Holding Economies Back. Education Could Be One Solution

By Jeanna Smialek

Inequality Is Holding Economies Back. Education Could Be One Solution

What If Instead of Taking the SAT You Got to Play a Video Game?

By Romesh Ratnesar

What If Instead of Taking the SAT You Got to Play a Video Game?

In 2016, Black Household Wealth Was Just 9 Percent of Whites’

By Peter Coy

In 2016, Black Household Wealth Was Just 9 Percent of Whites’

A Chinese Dating App for Gay Men Is Helping Them Have Kids, Too

By Dune Lawrence and David Ramli

A Chinese Dating App for Gay Men Is Helping Them Have Kids, Too

FEMA Aid Helps White Homeowners Most

By Christopher Flavelle

FEMA Aid Helps White Homeowners Most

Meet Aimee. She’s Trans and Got Fired Because of It

By Josh Eidelson

Meet Aimee. She’s Trans and Got Fired Because of It

Get to Know Your Trans Co-Workers

By Riley Griffin

Get to Know Your Trans Co-Workers

The Old Daytime-Drinking, Sexual-Harassing Ways Are Thriving at Lloyd’s

By Gavin Finch

The Old Daytime-Drinking, Sexual-Harassing Ways Are Thriving at Lloyd’s

Americans Accept Women in the Workplace, But Some Still Want Them to Put Family First

By Jillian Goodman

Americans Accept Women in the Workplace, But Some Still Want Them to Put Family First

How Dow Chemical Got Woke

By Jeff Green

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Wanted: 3,732 Women to Govern Corporate America

By Jeff Green, Hannah Recht, Mathieu Benhamou, Janet Paskin and Yue Qiu

Wanted: 3,732 Women to Govern Corporate America