…to dominate contemporary discussions about unemployment. Meta/Facebook, Alphabet/Google, and Microsoft have announced tens of thousands of layoffs. While many commentators have cited the automation of white-collar work as the culprit,…

…and (b) increased trust. These two responses increased social cooperation and wealth. Are we locking up the wrong people? White collar crimes are not just 20 times more costly than…

…who could give the case a fresh look. In U.S. v. Martin, the 11th Circuit case we’ve discussed previously, a district judge repeatedly issued shockingly low sentences in a substantial white-collar fraud…

…few years following the pandemic—a period dubbed the “Richcession”—when the lowest-paid workers saw the biggest wage increases as demand for blue-collar jobs such as those in service and retail surged….

…Highly profitable firms have reduced job security, shifted risk from employers to workers, cut pensions, hired contract workers rather than full-time employees, offshored both blue – and white-collar work, busted…

…As a former white-collar defense lawyer, I worked with several FBI agents over the years and even on the other side, they always exhibited the height of professionalism. This is…

…because that’s what ICE has become — assault and kidnap people, accuse them of trumped-up crimes, hold them incommunicado from legal representation and their families, and fail to give them…

…have been eyeing rate cuts as early as September, but fresh price pressures could delay that. Meanwhile, credit card delinquencies are rising among high-income households, and the white-collar labor market shows some…

…Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) also ripped Trump’s trade policies for hurting blue-collar jobs. He stated: “Because of Trump’s tariffs, farmers can’t afford to buy what they need to make a…

…the unemployment rate will be higher a year from now also ticked up. Among white-collar professions, layoffs appear to be accelerating, and many workers are “job-hugging,” reluctant to leave positions in…