white-collar
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Even graduates are struggling: a 2026 Azim Premji University study found fewer than 7% of jobseekers secured permanent salaried work within a year, and fewer than 4% landed white-collar jobs.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Chey also has twice been convicted, imprisoned—and later pardoned by two South Korean presidents—for white-collar crimes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
That points to another conundrum for the health-conscious white-collar urban workforce: Greens are everywhere and in everything.
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026
Furthermore, it’s too early to sound the “all-clear” on job displacement for white-collar workers due to AI, according to Vaillancourt.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026
Despite all the attention paid to rogue companies like Enron, academics know very little about the practicalities of white-collar crime.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
