THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
What we're reading & what we think about it
So many numbers, so little time
This past weekend seemed a perfect time to catch up on some labor market reading. First topic: the real unemployment in the U.S. This article does a great job of explaining the difference between the monthly numbers released by the BLS, U3, and the more...
Is All Well?
Once upon a time there was a farmer named Sam, growing impatient with the current drought. He thought that he had prepared for hard times; he had deepened their well to hold over 10,000,000 gallons of water. That was enough to water their fields and keep...
The Madness of March
There is March Madness, and then there are some things to get mad about in March. Mad as in frustrated. Texas and Indiana are miles apart—as were the facilities (and the swag bags!) provided by the NCAA to those college athletes competing in their...
Notorious
It is hard to read the news right now and not encounter the word she-cession. Given that it is Women’s History Month, one aspect of the she-cession came into focus while re-watching the movie On the Basis of Sex, a partial biography of Ruth Bader...
HERstory
In March, we celebrate women’s history month in the United States. Traditionally, women’s history is harder to document – legally women had fewer rights, often could not own property, and in some instances were the property of their fathers or husbands. Yet the...
Lovin’ It?
It’s complicated. A phrase that we associate with romantic relationships as we close out this month of Valentine’s Day. But McDonald’s and the African-American community? Oh yeah. When Marcia Chatelain published her book, Franchise at the end of 2019, she...
