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A. Burr Gets Paid

A. Burr Gets Paid

By Lisa Aggarwal Have you watched the Hamilton movie? How many times? I’m on my third time already; getting the most out of my Disney + subscription this month, thank you! I cannot get enough of this masterpiece, which I consider the most important Broadway musical of...

A Robot Took My Job

A Robot Took My Job

“If you do not change, you can become extinct!” - Spencer Johnson, Who Moved My Cheese? Twenty years ago, I had a manager who said that my job in Human Resources would be replaced by a machine one day, but that would be a good thing. I failed to see how that was...

Literary Learning Curve

Literary Learning Curve

At the outset of the quarantine, or work from home, or life via Zoom, it seemed that we were all learning, or relearning statistics—R0 and R1. Now a whole new vocabulary has emerged to describe our current life. Here are a few chuckles for this short week: Covidiots...

Essentially Fair?

Essentially Fair?

By Margaret Jungels If we’ve learned anything the past few months, it’s that many of our lowest-paid workers are essential to keeping not only the overall economy, but also our individual households running. We rely on grocery store clerks, delivery drivers,...

Fatherhood at its finest

Fatherhood at its finest

Sixty years ago this fall, two television shows premiered on American screens that featured single fathers. In 1960, of course both fathers were created as widowers. After you wrap your mind around the fact that Opie is now a senior citizen, it is interesting that...

The Fed Gets It!

The Atlanta Fed has figured out a methodology of looking at wage growth that measures the growth of wages for those that stay in jobs, therefore measuring income growth for non-job changers. Read all about it here.

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