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20 Apr

Baseline Employer Survey And Worker Interviews

by Guest Author
Minimum Wage Report Source: University of Washington

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13 Apr

Labor Force Participation Overview

by Barry Ritholtz
From Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta: Men, as a group, have been less and less inclined to participate in the labor market since at least...

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12 Apr

The Salary Needed to Buy a Home in 27 Different U.S. Cities

by Barry Ritholtz
Source: Visual Capitalist

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8 Apr

Busted: The Sad Data Manipulation of Prof Mark Perry

by Invictus
@TBPInvictus here: It was exactly one year ago – here – that I penned my first piece on Seattle’s then-new (just going...

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4 Apr

Why Can’t We Find Productivity Gains?

by Barry Ritholtz
Soaring Productivity Is Missing From the Numbers We produce more with less because of technology. But data measurement hasn’t kept...

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1 Apr

Charting the Automation Potential of U.S. Jobs

by Barry Ritholtz
Click for the interactive graphic. Source: Visual Capitalist

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18 Mar

Portland is a Boomtown

by Barry Ritholtz
I spend a decent amount of time traveling around the U.S. speaking at conferences and visiting clients. Doing this is a visceral form of...

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15 Mar

Karma Still a Bitch: Seattle Min Wage Edition

by Invictus
@TBPInvictus here (second time today!): Although it bears absolutely no relevance to the city of Seattle proper, AEI’s Mark Perry...

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15 Mar

No Cure for Stupid: Seattle Min Wage Edition

by Invictus
@TBPInvictus here: The New York Post’s editorial board apparently cares very little for factual data that disagree with their...

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7 Mar

Emerald City Minimum Wage Shenanigans

by Invictus
@TBPInvictus The recent piece by AEI “scholar” Mark Perry on Seattle’s minimum wage – see here – has...

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