Upshot: Rise of the Working Single Mother

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Single Mothers Are Surging Into the Work Force By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER AND ERNIE TEDESCHI A booming economy is one reason, along with state and local family-friendly policies, but also a fraying federal safety net. The Bond Market Is Giving Ominous Warnings About the Global Economy By NEIL IRWIN An inverted yield curve has typically been viewed as a sign that a recession is in the offing. Bulletin board Answers to Readers' Questions on Our Coverage of the Russia Investigation By STEPHEN HILTNER Our deputy managing editor who oversees The Times's investigative and enterprise journalism answers readers' questions on our coverage of the Mueller report.

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Weekly Highlights The College Dropout Crisis By DAVID LEONHARDT AND SAHIL CHINOY And how to begin solving it. 4 Years of College, $0 in Debt: How Some Countries Make Higher Education Affordable By LARA TAKENAGA When we asked people around the world what sort of financial burden they bore for their higher education, we heard how much it varies from country to country. Economic View Why a Tax the U.S. Hasn't Embraced Has Found Favor in Much of the World By SEEMA JAYACHANDRAN Value-added taxes are popular in many countries, especially those that are less affluent. The great advantage is a built-in feature that deters tax evasion, an emerging body of research shows.

In Case You Missed It Jessica Eve Rattner for The New York Times Google's Shadow Work Force: Temps Who Outnumber Full-Time Employees By DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI The tech company has long used contractors, but some employees worry that a growing reliance on them represents a shifting, less admirable work culture. From left: Jason Henry for The New York Times; Tony Luong for The New York Times Economic Trends To Understand Rising Inequality, Consider the Janitors at Two Top Companies, Then and Now By NEIL IRWIN Focusing on core competence and outsourcing the rest has made U.S. companies lean, nimble and productive. It has also left lots of people worse off.

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