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Job seeking by numbers
Job seeking by numbers
In August I wrote that I was looking for work . I shared my blog post on a variety of social media, without doing any reminders or reposts. ...
·lbj20.blogspot.com·
Job seeking by numbers
Corporate profits have contributed disproportionately to inflation. How should policymakers respond?
Corporate profits have contributed disproportionately to inflation. How should policymakers respond?
The inflation spike of 2021 and 2022 has presented real policy challenges. In order to better understand this policy debate, it is imperative to look at prices and how they are being affected. The price of just about everything in the U.S. economy can be broken down into the three main components of cost. These…
·epi.org·
Corporate profits have contributed disproportionately to inflation. How should policymakers respond?
Here’s all the money in the world, in one chart
Here’s all the money in the world, in one chart
Ever wonder how much money there is in the world? The answer is complicated, which you might expect -- but it has nothing to do with tallying up all the numbers. Rather, it’s more about what parameters are used.
·marketwatch.com·
Here’s all the money in the world, in one chart
The BS Epidemic
The BS Epidemic
American politics now revolves around complete nonsense.
·prospect.org·
The BS Epidemic
Four-Dimensional Chess in NYC
Four-Dimensional Chess in NYC
Today on TAP: Will Mayor Eric Adams be forced to resign? Will Andrew Cuomo succeed him? Does a progressive mayoral candidate have a shot?
·prospect.org·
Four-Dimensional Chess in NYC
An Epic Dystopia
An Epic Dystopia
How a near-monopoly gained control of most of the nation’s electronic medical records, to the detriment of medical practice and doctor morale
·prospect.org·
An Epic Dystopia
Jimmy Carter's Hidden Legacy
Jimmy Carter's Hidden Legacy
Carter's post-presidency has been transformative. And while he's well-known for his contributions to democracy, he deserves immense credit for his incredible successes with global public health.
·forkingpaths.co·
Jimmy Carter's Hidden Legacy
Remote Work Was Meant to Reshape the Political and Social Landscape. What Happened?
Remote Work Was Meant to Reshape the Political and Social Landscape. What Happened?
The remote work experiment proved we don’t need to be in an office to succeed—so why are we still being dragged back to our desks? Remember when COVID-19 was supposed to revolutionize work? Millions of us were suddenly Zooming from makeshift home offices, fumbling through virtual “watercooler” moments.
·joanwestenberg.com·
Remote Work Was Meant to Reshape the Political and Social Landscape. What Happened?
Read the JD Vance Dossier
Read the JD Vance Dossier
We’re publishing the supposed Iran-hacked document. Here’s why.
·kenklippenstein.com·
Read the JD Vance Dossier
Snowballs and avalanches
Snowballs and avalanches
Residents leave a town because of a lack of services, which cuts the tax base, which leads to more services lost, which leads to more residents leaving… A hip new brand attracts a few opinion…
·seths.blog·
Snowballs and avalanches
Can new data solve an immigration puzzle?
Can new data solve an immigration puzzle?
No, but it does tell us a lot about immigration to the US, and about the challenges of measuring it.
·slowboring.com·
Can new data solve an immigration puzzle?