• April 16, 2024

No More Recessions?

Unexpected questions are valuable. 

• March 19, 2024

Dumbest Scandal Ever

I’m sorry to shock anyone

• February 20, 2024

Musical Economics

Music isn’t just entertainment. It activates a different part of your brain where interesting things can happen. 

• September 19, 2023

When the Worker Shortage Can Kill You

The US labor shortage isn’t really “news” anymore. 

• August 15, 2023

Summer of Strikes

Remember when summer meant baseball, hot dogs, and swimming pools? 

• July 18, 2023

The Worker Shortage Will Get Worse, Not Better

Wishful thinking is a powerful force. We all want to believe good things are coming.

• June 20, 2023

Labor Market Math

Quite a few experts think the US economy will enter recession soon. If so, someone forgot to tell the labor market.

• March 21, 2023

Worker’s Poker

Remember Salomon Brothers? 

• January 17, 2023

Workers Want to Work but It’s Still Not Enough

Remember when “jobs, jobs, jobs” was a political talking point? 

• December 19, 2022

A New Kind of Recession