The US has the unenviable position of being the most economically developed country with the highest percentage of low paying jobs as a total of all jobs. This chart from Morgan Stanley does not paint a flattering picture.
The US, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Jordan, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates have conducted bombing missions in Syrian territory. The move is a rather dramatic escalation of the US effort to dislodge and destroy the Islamic State. The coalition is a rather odd assortment of states given the animosity within the group (the Saudis and the Qataris do not see eye to eye on many matters), but the fact that all five allies are Arab states provides the US with some political cover from the charge of unilateral action. What remains to be seen is how Turkey, Iran, and Russia will respond to this escalation.
The US Center for Disease Control (CDC) has issued a warning that the number of Ebola virus cases could reach as many as 1.4 million cases by next January. The high estimate is based on a scenario in which there is not a concerted effort to contain the disease, but also based on the large number of unreported cases that the CDC has detected. But vigorous containment efforts, like those recently and successfully implemented in Nigeria, could significantly slow down the spread of the virus.
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