Michael Bernick

Since Joan Didion passed away last month, she has been widely praised for her writing and insights on California’s post World War II economy and suburbs. Yet, much of what she wrote on these subjects has been shown in recent years to be wrong.

In Glengarry Glen Ross, Blake (Alec Baldwin) instructs the salesmen to “Always Be Closing”. That’s what is needed in the autism/neurodiversity employment field in 2022.

Sometimes the most effective way to improve wages of low wage workers is the direct one: raise wages. This month, California’s nursing home owners, in a highly competitive market, try to do so.

On a recent podcast, Jordan Peterson and Glenn Loury raise the question of whether there can be jobs in the economy for those with limited cognitive skills. What’s the answer?

The worker-business coalition that toppled District Attorney Boudin last week is a model for other communities. It succeeded in taking action against a failed ideology, and in bringing together a multi-racial working class and middle class population.

As we consider globalization, and its impacts on jobs and wages in 2022, post-Davos and post G-7 Summit, it is worth saying a word about one of the early and most unusual of the counter-movements: the “home economy” movement headed by Sir Oswald Mosley.

Approaching Labor Day 2022, it’s all about “quiet quitting”, a “Great Resignation”, and a general lackadaisical attitude toward jobs. Yet there is one segment of adults who are not lackadaisical or cavalier about jobs, even as they have the greatest difficulty finding and retaining jobs.

The bonfires of vanities of the early anti-poverty programs have largely vanished; only to be replaced by a new set of vanities in the anti-poverty world today. The old vanities and new vanities considered. in light of a new study of poverty rates.

While the idea of neurodiversity employment continues its momentum in 2022, hiring and retention numbers remain modest. One practitioner explains the obstacles and what it means for both the worker and the company to be “All-In”.

“The Bear” is the latest media portrayal celebrating the energy and job creation power of small business. In real life, though, the job creation role of new and small businesses increasingly is being taken for granted.