Attention Economy


Sunday, May 31, 2020

Labor Market Stress

NYC’s Finance Jobs Won’t Recover for Six Years, Analysis Shows

Average Workers Can’t Bear Any More Risk
Yale’s Jacob Hacker notes:
“The flip side is that a dynamic free-market economy without sound safety nets breeds backlash. And if that backlash doesn’t deliver social insurance—because, say, the party in power is hostile to the welfare state—it will deliver social discord instead. Denying risks doesn’t make them disappear. It just puts democracy and markets on a collision course”. 


Unemployment Benefits Aren’t Too High. Wages Are Too Low.

‘Just Sitting in Limbo.’ For Many Professionals, Careers Are on Hold.

Will COVID-19 Leave Lasting Economic Scars?