Can we end all the dog whistles about employment soon?
We’re not having realistic discussions around employment. Continue Reading
Unemployment
Is there a solution for the perils of long-term unemployment?
“Coming to you like a beggar, hat in hand…” Le sigh. Continue Reading
Shut the f*ck up about unemployment rate, as the stat is meaningless
The bigger picture of an economy is a complex ecosystem, and relying on one number that’s easily manipulated doesn’t do the big picture justice. Continue Reading
Understand global unemployment: The 214M and/or 7% problem
We can and should do better. Continue Reading
It might actually suck more to NOT lose your job to automation
Work automation is coming, baby! The highest numbers you’ll see in various articles are close to 50 percent — meaning 1 in 2 jobs could be automated someday. That’s a whole thing, no? Today, Fast Company has an article about “What Work Will… Continue Reading
You should probably be making about $30,000 more
Whenever a new batch of “employment/jobs” data gets released — which happened at the end of last week in the U.S. — I always get kind of frustrated, because (a) no one really understands the unemployment rate and (b) it really… Continue Reading
Job growth is nice, but earnings are stagnant — and that’s bad
Admittedly I don’t know a ton about economics — I actually got a D in Micro frosh year of college — so I’m not really that strong on all the different indicators of an economy’s health. I can tell you… Continue Reading
The job market is killing the marriage market
Last March, there were some studies out indicating that 15 percent of currently-single people may never get married. Since then, we’ve seen new data that singles make up half the U.S. population (first time ever, apparently), and now there’s this: we… Continue Reading