“Tight labor markets have raised concerns about the role of labor costs in persistently high inflation readings....
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I have been writing about issues with the minimum wage for (it seems like) decades. During that time, consuming lots of academic...
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I love the idea of convergence — those rare times when multiple stories about very different issues seem to all land on the...
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Source: Bloomberg Billionaires Index I was in the midst of my analysis of how the Fed would react to softening wage gains...
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Last Friday’s strong payroll data led to lots of chatter about the current labor situation. Often oversimplified and lacking in...
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I was working on a longer piece about which economic strata the Fed has the greatest impact on (its more complicated than you...
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Every year, Credit Suisse puts out an in-depth look at wealth around the world (I often pull a chart or two for the reads). The...
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Wealth and wage inequality touch on many of my favorite topics: Saving & Investing, Wealth & Wages, Real Estate...
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I was speaking with my fishing buddy David Kotok recently about a research project he has been working on: “What are the...
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“We have a problem understanding data over time.” Problem Understanding Data Over Time, Says Ritholtz Source: Bloomberg...
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