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Texas Gains $5.5B In Income As Four Metros Crack U.S. Growth Top 10 by Drew Robinson

Texas gained $5.54 billion in adjusted gross income from interstate movers as its four largest metropolitan areas ranked among the nation’s top 10 for population growth, federal data show. IRS records ranked Texas second only to Florida, which gained $20.6 billion in net adjusted gross income. California lost $11.9 billion, while New York lost $9.9 billion. Texas Gains $5.5B In Income As Four Metros Crack U.S. Growth Top 10

Faster Economic Growth, Weaker Hiring Seen by Harriet Torry and Anthony DeBarros

Prospects for U.S. economic growth are looking up, as investment in artificial intelligence booms and risks around tariffs diminish, according to economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal. Even as the economists have raised estimates for economic growth, they have lowered prospects for jobs. Behind the strange dichotomy: Employers are reluctant to hire given political uncertainty and rising costs, even as their investment, especially in AI, is boosting productivity and economic growth.  That slower job growth, however, won’t translate into notably higher unemployment, because the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration is reducing the supply of workers. Economists expect the jobless rate to hover around 4.5% over the next year. It was 4.3% in August.  tCTlJoMg7sMgno0naAXk-WSJNewsPaper-10-13-2025.pdf

Trump Policies Will Cut Deficits Up to $11 Trillion, White House Economist Says by Skylar Woodhouse

President Donald Trump’s policies will reduce US fiscal deficits by up to $11 trillion over the coming decade, according to the White House’s chief economist Stephen Miran, Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers— a projection that defies analysts who say government debt is poised to climb to record highs in coming years. About half the savings, or $3 trillion to $5 trillion, would come from faster economic growth — thanks to the pending Republican tax cut bill, along with deregulation efforts — Miran argued. He also cited a $3 trillion bump in revenues from Trump’s tariff hikes, referring reporters to the Congressional Budget Office’s recent calculation — which came in at $2.8 trillion. Reduced debt loads thanks in part to those savings will help to bring down the US Treasury’s interest costs by approximately $1 trillion to $1.5 trillion, he said.  “Those are very big numbers.”  Trump Policies Will Cut Deficits Up to $11 Trillion, White House Economist Says

Interesting: The Three Pillars of Independence of an Organization

The 3 Pillars of Independence most commonly refers to a framework from the UK voluntary sector (specifically promoted by organizations like Bond and the Directory of Social Change). It is a toolkit for assessing and maintaining the independence of charities, NGOs, or civil society organizations.

The Three Pillars are:

  1. Independent of Party Politics – The organization (or regulator) must remain free from bias or influence by any political party or the government of the day. Decisions should be impartial, not favoring one political side.
  2. Independent of Populism – It should not be swayed by popular public opinion, media-driven campaigns, or transient public pressure, especially on controversial or unpopular causes.
  3. Independent of the Press – Freedom from media influence or pressure, ensuring decisions are based on evidence and law rather than headlines or public narratives.

This toolkit was created to monitor potential political encroachment on charitable regulation and to ensure charities can operate without undue external interference.

 

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