American Labor-Wage Paradigm Completely Broken
We read and watch a variety of news, government statistics, blogs, youtube videos and more all based on the theory that to understand what people are saying and doing will…
Investing In The Prison Industrial Complex
There big headlines news this week was that Michael Burry, famous for The Big Short, profiteer on the last housing crash in 2008, has sold off all his stocks and…
China Student Visas to US Drop
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that China student visas to the US dropped by 50% since the pandemic. Back in January we wrote, One Million Fewer College Students and…
From British Empire to EU Member to ‘Emerging Market’ Status
We told you about the Rise of Tech Africa yesterday, a continent with a young vibrant growing population poised to possibly become the center of technological innovation over the next…
What About Moving To Malaysia?
With our view that inflation will remain high for years to come, it got us thinking more diligently about retiring abroad. We brought this topic up in December under, “What…
Labor Shortage: Robots Won’t Save Us
Bill Gates famously said in an interview that whenever he encounters a problem, his first thought is to apply a technology solution to the problem. In the case of labor…
Four Day Work Weeks To Combat Labor Shortages?
It’s now June 2022 and the world seems to have moved past Covid lock downs and restrictions so we should expect everything to be returning to normal by now right?…
The Future Is Slow
If you are a boomer (born between 1946 and 1964) you will definitely be hitting age 65 by 2030. Unfortunately, if you are a boomer and you think you will…
Where Do 65+ Americans Get Their Income?
The Census.gov released an interesting report on the income sources of older 65+ households and the data isn’t too surprising. The vast majority of 65+ people rely heavily on social…
What If Boomers Don’t Quit?
The Wall Street Journal had a great report by Lisa Bannon on what an age 60+ workforce might look like over the next decade. We’ve been pondering this ourselves and…