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Labor versus Market and Demand

…are the risks of it unraveling into a recession? Powell’s label of “curious” got me thinking about the other “curiosities” of the labor market during this cycle. The pandemic recession…

Taking A Stand that Will Hurt

War–era law, to essentially commandeer a more permissive iteration of the AI, or It could label Anthropic a “supply-chain risk,” meaning that anyone doing business with the U.S. military would…

Claiming a Golden Age

…in 2025 was just 181,000 (far fewer than the 1.46 million jobs added in 2024). That’s not a “roar.” It is a warning light for anyone living paycheck to paycheck. Take health care as an…