My recent post, Plastics, focused on the daunting task that recent computer science graduates are facing in gaining employment in their field. The great irony is that coding was considered the skill of the future as recently as 2021 when 104,000 degrees were...
My last post (November 26, 2025) discussed the apparent contradiction that the overall economy seems generally healthy while there are many signs of weakness in the labor market. I do not want to beat this topic to death, but the following graphic adds...
My recent white paper on productivity identified a major drag on economic growth which is the decline from 67% in 2000 to 62.5% today of working age individuals who are actually employed. However, the overall decline masks a major underlying problem which is...
One of the stated objectives of the current administration’s tariff policy is bringing manufacturing jobs back to America which raises an interesting question as to whether that outcome is feasible and desirable. First, our economy has been the envy of the world for...
A recent Gallup survey found that 51% of employees are watching for, or actively seeking, a new job! Eeek! Even worse, a poll by Monster found that 93% of respondents are either looking or plan to look this year! Here is another indicator...
I have written several pieces such as Retraining the Workforce: A National Priority that discussed the likely obsolescence of a number of job categories due to the implementation of artificial intelligence, robotics, and a number of other technologies. Siegel and Sexauer recently produced...
