Economy: “Four in ten under-30s rely on family money to cover their down payment on a property”
Only example given turns out to be an economist with an $800,000 list price education, who got assistance buying a house after graduation. Hmmmmm.
Demographics: Economists want more inbound immigration to the U.S.
Economists, as usual, propose more immigration to address labor issues in the U.S. Problem is that 75% of world's countries have declining populations.
Follow up: Everything will change on August 23d
CNBC and other sites have, for months, been showing an ad with a photo of Marc Chaikin saying everything changes on August 23d. If you click through you go to…
AI: IBM study on AI job impacts
IBM study says 40% of global workforce will need to adopt AI skills or be replaced by workers who know AI.
Economy: National rent control
Activists demand a national rent price control law. Question: If rent price control makes sense, why not college tuition price control? Or health care price controls? Or food price controls?…
Demographics: East Asia faces economic decline as population shrinks
The great demographic shift: East Asia’s population decline | Foreign Brief A demographic shift is underway in East Asia, as deaths have started to overtake births across China, Japan and…
Automation: AI will impact many jobs
From improving efficiency (meaning fewer workers to accomplish the same quantity of work output), or eliminating jobs all together, AI-based technology will have large impacts on labor. This is how,…
Demographics: Declining population points to future pay increases
Declining fertility rates are just starting to impact the availability of labor. In just a few years, this gets very serious.
Demographics: A difference between 70s’/80’s labor market and today
The Career Goal of the Moment Is a ‘Lazy-Girl Job’ (msn.com) Like quiet quitting before it, the lazy-girl job is the latest iteration of 20- and 30-somethings of both genders…