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Will Small Businesses Drop Employee Health Coverage in 2014?

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.  The New York Times has an article covering McKinsey getting hammered over their analysis of the new health care law.  companies may drop their employee health insurance when provisions of the new health care law take effect in 2014.   McKinsey suggests that 30% or more U.S.

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Independent Work - Tastes Great, Less Filling

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 But segmentation data from the MBO Partners 2014 State of Independence study indicates there are similarities.   As part of the 2014 State of Independence research we conducted a cluster analysis looking at why people become and stay independent workers (self-employed, freelancers, etc.).

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Is America "The World's First Poor Rich Country"?

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He sums up his analysis by saying the U.S.   We still consider a 2014 article called The Lean Years one of the best we've seen at capturing how economic uncertainty impacts both individual decision making and the overall economy.  is the New American Aristocracy. The  The 9.9% million or more in 2016. . 

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Coworking Forecast - 26,000 Spaces and 3.8 Million Members by 2020

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  Having said that, our 2014 coworking forecast turned out to be way too low.   Our 2015 was also too low, but better than 2014.    Prior to 2014 our forecasts were low to on target. How coworking is defined is an important attribute of any coworking industry analysis. One last point.

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Bitcoin Gaining Funding, Market Momentum

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CoinDesk, an online site that covers the Bitcoin industry, released their State of Bitcoin Q2 2014 report. Also released recently was Business Insider's analysis of the amount of venture capital flowing into the Bitcoin industry. It shows that despite setbacks and negative press, the Bitcoin industry continues its rapid expansion.

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Strong Job Market Pulling Independent Workers Back to Traditional Jobs

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This is especially true for the group we call "reluctant independents" We use cluster analysis to identify this group and on average they are more likely to not have chosen to become independent, more likely to be less satisfied than average being independent and more likely to say they would prefer a traditional job. 

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Financially Challenges Millennials Changing Society

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About 875,000 more households are now made up of young adult renters than would have existed if the 2008-era trend had held steady, according to an analysis of census data by Jed Kolko, chief economist at Trulia, a real estate marketing website. iOme Measure of Millennials ].

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