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[buzzsprout episode='13364659' player='true'] Key topics: ✔️ ICYMI news, 8/7-8/11. ✔️ 401k hardship withdrawals. Record debt. But hey: people'r'doin' great! 😵‍💫 ✔️ Zoom called people back, LOL. If that doesn't say something to ya, I don't know what will. ✔️ Is inflation abating? Is it time to go back to QE...

Image by Pexels from Pixabay   The back-to-office backfire: Companies ending WFH perks lose out on top talent, who view flexible work as equivalent to an 8% raise -https://africa.businessinsider.com/markets/the-back-to-office-backfire-companies-ending-wfh-perks-lose-out-on-top-talent-who/ksmfpdf Ahh, yes. The "top talent." I think every staffing agency on the planet still uses that phrase. Is this true, however? Is it...

[buzzsprout episode='13324389' player='true'] Key topics: ✔️ ICYMI news, 7/31-8/4. ✔️3.5% unemployment rate. No recession coming. Now, defaults are on the rise and credit card debt is the highest it's ever been, but people'r'doin' great! 😵‍💫 ✔️ Maybe if we use adjectives like soft, smooth, resilient, and robust often enough,...

[buzzsprout episode='13312020' player='true'] Recently, I watched Deutsche Welle's documentary, "Poverty in Britain - Why are millions of Brits so broke?" which you can find here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BK68yyrKUOA&t=2s. In this film, the UK's Universal Credit program is discussed and I couldn't help but wonder: is this a glimpse into life...

Image by Ansgar Scheffold from Pixabay   In the words of Aretha Franklin, "Who's zoomin' who?" Are you allowing yourself to be zoomed by someone else who may very well be full of 💩? Back in March, Dave Ramsey published "The Great News About SVB's Collapse! - Dave Ramsey Rant," which...

Photo by Sebastian Pena Lambarri on Unsplash   AI will give everyone the chance to hang out on the beach, sip a daiquiri, and avoid work. 😆 Yeah, sure.   Discussions of A.I. in the workforce oscillate between alarm bells of mass unemployment and fantasies of a future utopia where everyone is free to pursue...

[buzzsprout episode='13279857' player='true'] Key topics: ✔️ ICYMI news, 7/24-7/28. ✔️Middle-income Americans are stressed about inflation but somehow, Barbenheimer had a blow out box office weekend. WTF, people. ✔️Things are wonderful and people are doin' great yet: further cost cutting measures and layoffs and protracted job searches. Seems like one...