A New Era of Endless Labor Shortages? A Critical Analysis of McKinsey’s New Report
A McKinsey report focusing on an extremely high job vacancy ratio in recent years cherry-picks data about the state of the U.S. labor market.
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Devastation in Gaza Poses an Increasingly Serious Problem for Starmer
“Starmer’s stance on Gaza has already reduced support for Labour – and that will only worsen in the coming months”
Read more...Links 7/15/2024
As NATO Bids Farewell to Reality, Moscow and Beijing Pursue Win-Win Deals With Türkiye
Beijing Promises More Investments, US Threatens More Sanctions. Türkiye starts to buy into Shanghai Cooperation Organization security architecture
Read more...Trump Assassination Attempt: A Round-Up
The iconic photo, the shooter, the venue, the thooting, cui bono, and some of the more humane responses to Trump’s attempted assassination
Read more...Links 7/14/2024
States Set Minimum Staffing Levels for Nursing Homes. Residents Suffer When Rules Are Ignored or Waived.
How a Biden administration initiative to improve nursing homes’ staffing is floundering due to lax enforcement.
Read more...How Far Goods Travel: Global Transport and Supply Chains from 1965-2020
A detailed looks at trade patterns and supply chains over the last 50+ years.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 7/12/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; Flexians at “the Committee to Unelect the President”; festival of Biden ~
Read more...The Future May Not Be As Electric as We Think
Is there a ceiling to electric vehicle uptake? And even worse, is that lower than many assume?
Read more...Links 7/12/2024
A License to W*nk: Spain to Launch Digital Identity Wallet to Limit and Ration Access to Internet Porn Sites
The proposal comes just months after the European Parliament and the European Council of Ministers unanimously approved the European Commission’s sweeping digital identity regulations.
Read more...Biden: Strategic Projections of Confidence
The effort to shore up Biden’s flagging Presidential candidacy is a case study of the role of confidence and commitment in campaigns.
Read more...Climate Change Is Coming for Hospitals
Many hospitals will have their operations interrupted and/or degraded by climate change. What to do?
Read more...New Agenda of Russia-India Relations
Modi and Putin had a bear hug earlier this week. Some context on India-Russia dealings and US upset about them.
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