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Work & Economy

There is significant disparity among economies, and even growing ones can fail to pay, house, or employ people well: youth unemployment, unstable rural incomes, and homelessness persist even in wealthy countries.

Artisan livelihoods

Why can't the world's artisans earn a living from work machines can't replicate?

Homelessness

Why can't some of the world's richest countries house their own people?

Rural depopulation

Why are the world's rural regions emptying out, and can anything bring them back?

Rural incomes

Why do the families who grow the world's food remain its poorest?

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