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• A bright new day at the World Economic Forum

  by Anthony Reuben

  The World Economic Forum, the winter gathering of the powerful, kicks off today in the Alpine town of Davos, Switzerland.

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• Is our culture too obsessed with the tastes of the mega rich?

  by David Brancaccio

  An exhibition of work by the jeweler JAR at the Metropolitan Museum of Art has one art critic asking if our culture is too dominated by the 0.1 percent.

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• Who says liberal arts majors can’t make a good living?

  by Sally Herships

  A group of colleges and universities have launched a campaign on behalf of the liberal arts and the earnings potential of people who major in them.

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• When your bad credit keeps you from getting a job

  by Carmen Wong Ulrich

  A recent study shows one in 10 job applicants have been rejected because something turned up in their credit history.

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• New report shows few finish free online courses

  by Mark Garrison

  College courses with a 95 percent dropout rate would trigger alarm bells at most universities, but researchers at Harvard University and MIT says that’s potentially fine, at least in the case of some massive open online courses, or MOOCs.

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• PODCAST: Optimism at Davos

  by David Brancaccio

  The World Economic Forum kicks off today in the Alpine town of Davos, Switzerland. 95 percent of people who enroll in massive open online courses, or MOOCs, drop out. And, a recent study shows one in 10 job applicants have been rejected because something turned up in their credit history.

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