[buzzsprout episode='11231979' player='true'] Today is Labor Day in the US. It feels like we all need a break from the bizarre-o world we've been in lately. A pump-and-dump scheme in the stock market is when a stock is artificially pumped up through promotion. The stock is sold...
Corporate debt = fine and a smart way to leverage the system. Personal debt = you are an immature moron incapable of managing your own life, peasant! Isn’t it funny how that works? Rules for thee, but not for me. Read this article in its entirety on...
[buzzsprout episode='11224744' player='true'] Key topics: ✔️ ICYMI news, 8/29 - 9/2. ✔️ Media still on that "labor shortage!" train. 🦜 ✔️ Rich folks are spending and not feeling the pinch of inflation. Meanwhile, we're given contradictory information that everyone else is doin' better, not living paycheck to paycheck as...
As layoffs increase, can you answer this question: if you lost your job, do you have a game plan? [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwGvRSbT19E[/embedyt] Disclaimer: this is not advice. I cannot tell you what to do and each person listening to this episode will have a different set of circumstances....
-https://fortune.com/2022/09/01/washington-post-ceo-fred-ryan-blames-remote-work-poor-performance/ Jeez. *rubs temples like Chef Ramsay in a bad restaurant* Have you figured it out yet? Whatever economic 💩 storm be a'brewing, it's YOUR fault. Somehow, it's not the fault of: The state Crony capitalism Greedy corporations Unscrupulous business practices Junk loans Noooooo way. It's YOUR fault, peons...
[buzzsprout episode='11214103' player='true'] IMO, we are in a K shaped economy. The ultra-rich aren't suffering from inflation as meanwhile, there are people who never fully recovered from 2008. So whatever happened to the good, old-fashioned Middle Class American Dream? Key topics: ✔️ As a schoolkid in the 1980s Midwest, we...
Photo by Matheus Farias on Unsplash In a stroke of perfect timing, LinkedIn published, "Time to redefine the American Dream?" which you can find here: https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/time-to-redefine-the-american-dream-5979906/ In the blurb, editor Jake Perez writes: "For Gen X workers saddled with more debt than their predecessors (boomers) and protégés (millennials), the...
IMO, any way you slice it, it seems that WFH is only getting more surveillancey. Will that change? I highly doubt it. I think Corporate America is making it clearer and clearer that most workers will either RTO...
Another job market prediction come true. "When we think about flexible work, greenwashing may not be the first thing that comes to mind, but it’s more relevant than you might realize. Just as companies have overstated and put a spin on their environmental and sustainability initiatives...
[buzzsprout episode='11205137' player='true'] Harry Angel: Louis Cyphre . . . Lucifer. Even your name is a dime store joke. Louis Cyphre: Mephistopheles is such a mouthful in Manhattan, Johnny...