African city lights, Earth's atmospheric glow and star trails
iss065e083929 (June 1, 2021) --- This long exposure photograph, taken from the International Space Station as it orbited 262 miles above the Democratic Republic of Congo, reveals city lights on the African continent, Earth's atmospheric glow and star trails.
Hard times and falling fertility in the United States – Family Inequality
The text and figures of this short paper are below, and it’s also available as a PDF on SocArXiv, in more citable form. The Stata code and other materials are up as well, here. It’s pre…
Mise-en-Place for Knowledge Workers: 6 Practices for Working Clean - Forte Labs
Knowledge work is unique among skilled professions in that we lack a culture of systematic improvement. Other skilled trades – from carpenters to welders to nurses to pilots – have been around long enough and are repeatable enough that the best practices are widely understood. How to frame a door, how to weld a seam, ... Read more
The Impact of Coronavirus on US Job Postings Through June 18
US job postings on Indeed.com on June 18 were 30.5% above February 1, 2020, the pre-pandemic baseline. Human resources jobs have increased dramatically.
No matter what you call it, hiring is difficult right now and seems to be especially difficult in the food and beverage service industry. Anecdotes abound about understaffed restaurants struggling to hire, workers pivoting from food service to new industries, and new incentives being offered to entice workers. Whether you choose to call it a labor shortage or a great realignment of labor, changes happening in the industry today will reverberate for years to come.
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Real Estate Agents Reveal How They Sell Houses With Sordid Pasts
On Aug. 14, 1951, William Randolph Hearst, 88, lay dying in a gilded Mediterranean Revival mansion in Beverly Hills. Five years earlier — in declining health and with his reputation wounded by Citi…
After an astounding rise in home prices, this expert predicts the boom will continue | American Enterprise Institute - AEI
Below is an interview of Edward Pinto, the Director of AEI’s Housing Center, with Fortune’s Shawn Tulley on the state of rapidly rising home prices across the country: In almost five decades as one of America’s top housing experts, including a stint as chief credit officer of Fannie Mae, Ed Pinto has never seen prices …