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Image by Mohamed Hassan from Pixabay Remember back in February when a mansplainer told me this rot: "So if the serfs have options, they'll take them often for 10% less pay. And often, commuting costs serfs to reject job offers with long commutes, which is what people...

Image by Brigitte Werner from Pixabay Wall Street is an excellent well to draw water from. I've talked before about Gordon Gekko's epitomization of how the system works. IMO, he didn't just reflect the zeitgeist of financial speculating and cheating - he is a Machiavellian personification of the entire...

Image by Reimund Bertrams from Pixabay "Most troubling of all, though, is the fact that the focus thus far has been almost entirely on banks. But a lot of financial institutions (quite legitimately) hold large portfolios of bonds and other instruments subject to risks from the rapid rise in...

Photo by Marco Bianchetti on Unsplash "We're very focused on having our team in at the same time," Neil Barr, chair and managing partner at Davis Polk, told the Wall Street Journal. "The expectation is that you come to the office and you support the culture of the firm...

[buzzsprout episode='12622725' player='true'] Key topics: ✔️ ICYMI news, 4/10 - 4/14. ✔️Bankers and fat cats made huge profits in Q1, which should surprise no one. ✔️Retailers and fast food are having layoffs and turning to automation but supposedly: 3.5% unemployment rate and hey, if you're hurting for a job,...

Image by Jill Wellington from Pixabay "Oh, don't sorrow, no, don't weep / For tonight, at last, I am coming home. / I am coming home." - "A Sort of Homecoming," U2 The dark half of the year is my favorite time. Daylight at 9:30pm? Uh, no thanks. That feels...

[buzzsprout episode='12615879' player='true'] Subtitled: Listen to it at your own risk. Key topics: ✔️ This one person quit over RTO and you can, too! *said in the manner of "Champagne wishes & caviar dreams" on the old Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous.* ✔️It's not 2021 anymore. The FOMO &...

Image by Jana Schneider from Pixabay   Teldar Paper was a fictional company in Wall Street that Gordon Gekko wanted to take over. At the annual stockholders meeting, we hear the iconic line about how good greed is. As you listen to the entire speech, however, it becomes clearer - to...

-https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/theres-one-job-every-two-applicants-right-now-other-world-borden/ Notice how disposable these media narratives are? When the message no longer conveys the "right" story to the peons, it goes in the trash fast. Remember this? -https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/open-jobs-made-surprise-jump-in-july-5982778/ You should - we heard it parroted CONSTANTLY 0n every outlet you can think of (except mine). TWO LEGIT OPEN...

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/07/federal-reserve-fed-inflation-jobs-report-unemployment.html 😆 You have to laugh rather than cry. What a joke. After months and months of "labor shortage, caw caw. 🦜 No one wants to work anymore! Whole generations are lazy" and so on, now we get this? Too much employment? Who can even keep track of...