THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
What we're reading & what we think about it
Sea Legs
We received an email from a friend sending her regrets for an event. She said: “still trying to get my sea legs” regarding the return to mostly normal in this mostly post-Covid world. Who isn’t? It’s as if we have all been on various desert islands, and now ships are...
The headlines are filled with articles about the return to work, specifically, getting people back into an office. Some of the articles then focus on subtopics such as dress codes, flexible schedules, and mandatory vaccinations. At the core of these articles is an...
Sorting out the May Jobs Numbers
Many very smart people have been working overtime trying to make sense of the May jobs numbers. Economists have been poring over them. Journalists have tried to translate them – some to explain to those who aren’t economists, some to soothe the fears of the average...
Go for Broke
A recent piece in the Chicago Sun-Times featured Yosh Yamada, a long-time teacher and coach at Englewood High School read more here. He was one of thousands of Japanese-Americans who ended up in Chicago because they were never given the opportunity to return to their...
Painting a Vision of Childcare
The U.S. Department of Labor has determined that 63% of families have both parents in the workforce. One of the many inequities brought to light during the pandemic is the lack of available, affordable, and consistent childcare for working families. It was a problem...
Reallocation & Retraining
Despite the headache caused by all of the labor market reading done for our last post, we’ve persevered. Some Chicago economists have had their thinking caps on, and their musings are worth sharing. They are asking the right questions as we contemplate...
