By Sam Becker December 20, 2022 Millions of Americans dream of owning their own businesses and, in recent years, more and more have brought that dream to fruition. During 2021 alone, roughly 5.4 million new companies were registered in the United States, an increase of 23% over the previous year. While the pandemic has … Continue reading An extra year of education could boost your chances of being your own boss
By David M. Brennan December 09, 2022 While the pandemic presented a host of challenges for the economy, something remarkable happened to workers who were able to maintain employment during that period: Their wages rose . . . significantly. In 2020, the median weekly wage rose $21 per week in one year. For context, … Continue reading Corporations are incentivized to keep wages low—worker cooperatives could help
By Sam Becker November 29, 2022 Update Tuesday, 9:50 a.m. ET: Cyber Monday smashed records this year, with consumers spending a total of $11.3 billion for the biggest online shopping day of all time, representing a 5.8% growth from last year. In the peak hour of 11 p.m. to 12 a.m. ET, consumers spent … Continue reading Black Friday sales soar, Cyber Monday could smash records as shoppers shake off recession fears
By Band of Sisters November 25, 2022 More than 30 years ago, we were founding members of our company’s Women’s Resource Network. We wore our power suits and our sensible heels into conference rooms to address the challenge of the day: not enough women in positions of power. Despite an increase in women holding … Continue reading Workplaces are at risk of losing a generation of women leaders—here are 5 things that could help
music How Spotify Could Improve Its Holiday Wrapped Option by Todd Wasserman , Staff Writer, December 1, 2022 Since 2015, it has become a holiday tradition: Spotify Wrapped, when Spotify tells you what your top songs were for the year. I have an individual account and my whole family listens, so the Top Songs list … Continue reading How Spotify Could Improve Its Holiday Wrapped Option
By Clint Rainey November 21, 2022 Assuming Twitter can survive the whiplash of being yanked back and forth by new CEO Elon Musk—yet another round of layoffs roiled the sales team Monday morning—the social media platform is shaping up to face a new challenge: possible headbutting with Apple and Google. That is, if Musk’s laissez-faire approach … Continue reading Why Apple and Google could be the biggest threats to Elon Musk’s anything-goes version of Twitter
Could Apple Buy Disney With Iger’s Return (No) by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, November 25, 2022 I’m taking my grandchildren to Goofy’s Kitchen for dinner next week at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim. (Shh, it’s a holiday surprise.) The Disney-themed restaurant is one of several ways The Walt Disney Company generates revenue from its … Continue reading Could Apple Buy Disney With Iger’s Return (No)
By Clint Rainey November 17, 2022 A new joint venture between JPMorgan Chase and a billion-dollar real-estate developer is putting America’s largest bank on the path to becoming the landlord for thousands more U.S. rental homes. According to an announcement, JPMorgan has formed a joint venture with Haven Realty Capital to purchase and develop … Continue reading JPMorgan Chase wants to be your landlord. What could go wrong?
By Jon D. Erickson—The Conversation November 13, 2022 Herman Daly had a flair for stating the obvious. When an economy creates more costs than benefits, he called it “uneconomic growth.” But you won’t find that conclusion in economics textbooks. Even suggesting that economic growth could cost more than it’s worth can be seen … Continue reading Remembering the renegade economist who fought for growth the Earth could actually sustain
By Emily McCrary-Ruiz-Esparza October 28, 2022 A recent survey of U.S. CEOs by The Conference Board found that 98% of them are preparing for a recession in the next 12 to 18 months. This could be bad news for full-time employees who can lose their livelihoods in a layoff, but it may be more … Continue reading What an impending recession could mean for freelancers
