Economics
Cleaning Up Bad Jobs
Cleaning offices. Assembling modular furniture. Stocking workplace kitchens. Providing security. These are often bad jobs. Have one, and chances are you’re …
December 8, 2017
3 min read
Economics
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Economics
Getting Started on Good Jobs
Zeynep Ton’s Good Jobs Scorecard can help you understand how jobs in your company measure up. Watch below as Ton walks you through how to use it. Ton outlines …
December 6, 2017
1 min read
Economics
Clocking In: What It’s Like to Work a Bad Job
Nearly 9 million people in the United States work in retail. In November and December those ranks swell with temporary holiday employment. If you’ve stood in …
December 5, 2017
14 min read
Economics
It’s Time to Make More Jobs Good Jobs
Over the past 30 years two insights have shaped my thinking about jobs in America and convinced me that we urgently need to restructure many of them. Each …
December 4, 2017
5 min read
Economics
Inequality Exists Within Jobs, Too
When it comes to the business of inequality, the data is clear. In addition to the work of Stanford economist Nicholas Bloom, evidence mounts that differences …
April 14, 2017
2 min read
Economics
Income Inequality, by Chance or by Choice
Economists are increasingly focusing on how income inequality plays out at the company level, but it’s important not to lose sight of how this phenomenon …
March 28, 2017
4 min read