Image created by me on Canva. "According to the predictions of many economists last summer and fall, America should be in a recession right now. But as my colleague Annie Lowrey wrote in The Atlantic today, the facts reveal a very different state of affairs: Unemployment is...
[buzzsprout episode='12316323' player='true'] If you've ever visited a movie studio, it may have surprised you to see what the sets actually look like. In some cases, a set can merely be a small 3D model that looks good on camera. The idea of Потёмкинские деревни or...
-https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-02-22/blaming-the-economy-employers-are-rescinding-job-offers Remember last summer when a wave of rescinded job offers hit? I do. "Some workers are accepting job offers, only to see them revoked before their start dates. What’s going on?" -https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20220729-why-companies-are-rescinding-job-offers published on August 4, 2022 Please, please be careful with clickbait and feel-good viral posts....
Speaking of The Great Recession, what about The Great Resignation? How has the slowdown affected that? For white collar workers, The Great Resignation is over and has been for a while. I sort of felt like a voice in the wilderness when I started saying that...
Image created by me using Canva. According to the Founder & CEO of Firstbase, "This is why full-time office work is dead." And then he shares an infographic. You can see the post here: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7031628837129965568?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop I won't share the infographic since I didn't make it and don't...
[buzzsprout episode='12283062' player='true'] "Eventually, that ends with us probably leaving the planet and colonizing the stars, or living forever, or downloading our brains onto silicon chips. It’s a kind of technological rapture that sees time in a linear fashion rather than in a cyclical fashion." -Paul...
Image made be me using Canva Last summer, I warned you that we were not in a K shaped recovery but rather a K shaped economy. https://causeyconsultingllc.com/2022/08/17/wait-a-minute-i-thought-pplr-doin-great/ published on August 17, 2022 https://www.buzzsprout.com/1125110/11144066 - "Saturday Broadcast 12," published on August 20, 2022 https://www.buzzsprout.com/1125110/11163035 - "Bonus Episode: 'The Public Always Forgets,'" published on...
[buzzsprout episode='12280439' player='true'] Key topics: ✔️ ICYMI news, 2/18 - 2/24. ✔️Some of these mansplainers and finance bros who want to convince you that up is down and left is right are gonna get steamrolled by what's coming. ✔️You're only just now being told that inflation is far from...
Wages in both the UK and the US have not kept pace with the rate of inflation. In America, we’re told that inflation is abating, yet when you analyze the numbers, the costs of food and energy are not counted. This makes no sense. People...
Image created by me using Canva. Say what you will about the 80s or Hollywood movies. Gordon Gekko tried to tell y'all. In fact, he tried to tell y'all in 1987 and again in 2010. Ignore it at your own peril. BUD Tell me, Gordon--when does it all end? How...