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Almost half of college freshmen surveyed last year had enrolled in schools that weren't at the top of their list — not because they didn't get in, but because of costs....

Morning Edition co-host David Greene talks to Sylvia Hurtado, director of UCLA's Higher Education Research Institute, about the National Freshman College Survey and future trends in education....

U.S. employers added far more jobs than expected — 288,000 — in April, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. In a separate survey, the unemployment rate dipped by 0.4 percentage points....

The legislation would have created a financial framework for revenue from legal pot sales. It was put on hold by lawmakers....

Morning Edition co-host David Greene talks to Sylvia Hurtado, director of UCLA's Higher Education Research Institute, about the National Freshman College Survey and future trends in education....

The April jobs report is out on Friday, and economists expect an increase of about 220,000 jobs. If all those jobs materialize, it would be a sign the economy weathered the harshest winter in years....

UK Only Article:  standard article Issue:  What would America fight for? Fly Title:  Piketty fever Rubric:  A wonky book on inequality becomes a blockbuster Main image:  Making equations cool again Making equations cool again IT IS the closest thing to a pop-culture sensation heavyweight economics will ever provide. “Capital in the Twenty-First Century”, a vast work on the...

UK Only Article:  standard article Issue:  What would America fight for? Fly Title:  Buttonwood Rubric:  A financial-transactions tax will just drive business elsewhere Main image:  20140503_FND001_0.jpg BRITAIN’S attempt to stop 11 other European countries from adopting a financial-transactions tax (FTT) was blocked by the European Court of Justice this week on the ground...

UK Only Article:  standard article Issue:  What would America fight for? Fly Title:  Poverty in Indonesia Rubric:  The poor are benefiting relatively little from Indonesia’s growth Location:  JAKARTA Main image:  Manufacturing would pay more Manufacturing would pay more “JALANAN”, a documentary by a Canadian director, Daniel Ziv, tells the stories of three buskers who...

One of the Democrats top election themes this year was stopped cold in the Senate on Wednesday. Republicans successfully blocked Democrats from even taking up a bill to raise the minimum wage....

Seattle politicians are likely to raise the city's minimum wage to $15 an hour this year — the highest big-city wage in the nation. But some of the city's business owners are leery of the $15 mark....

By one measure, China is poised to become the world's largest economy by the end of the year. Why is this shift happening years before most estimates predicted it would?...

A new tool lets job recruiters filter candidates based on race, gender and veteran status. Civil rights attorney Cyrus Mehri sorts through the legal questions about this program....

First-quarter GDP fell to just 0.1 percent, according to the latest figures from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, which blamed much of the slowing on weather-related factors....

A World Bank forecast was based on purchasing power parity, an estimate of the cost of living in a particular country. But that isn't the only way to measure the size of an economy....

The economy slowed sharply in the first quarter, but Federal Reserve policymakers voted unanimously to continue winding down their stimulus program....

The Obama administration has sent to Congress a four-year $302 billion infrastructure bill. It proposes closing corporate loopholes to make up for lost revenues from the gas tax....

French economist Thomas Piketty's book, Capital in the Twenty-First Century , has become a sensation. He's been all over the media, and he's lecturing to packed houses on his current U.S. tour....

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China will become the world's largest economy by the end of the year UNTIL 1890 China was the world’s largest economy, before America surpassed it. By the end of 2014 China is on track to reclaim its crown. Comparing economic output is tricky: exchange rates get in the way. Simply converting GDP from renminbi to dollars at market rates may not reflect the true cost of living. Bread and beer may be...