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Month after month, year after year, there are four most-read blogs. All have in common an exploration of the skills and occupations that are most
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Month after month, year after year, there are four most-read blogs. All have in common an exploration of the skills and occupations that are most
The hospitality industry is characterized by lots of low-wage workers. E. Tammy Kim, in a New York Times column entitled The Gig Economy is Coming
Readers of this blog know that at Michigan Future we believe the mission of economic policy should be income based, not employment or economic growth
I recently gave a speech at the Michigan Works Annual Conference on the future of work. It explores how the nature of work is likely
We first wrote about welders in 2013. Its a topic we keep coming back to, most recently in a 2018 post entitled What skilled trades
All of a sudden there is lots being written about the trend of employers hiring generalists more than specialists. What is so disturbing is the
Two highly recommended recent New York Times articles on how technology is destroying good-paying jobs and careers. The first, written by Kevin Roose, is entitled
We continue to be constantly barraged with messages that for many not pursuing a four-year degree is the best course of action. Some version of
Three New York Times articles lay out the new reality that having a low unemployment rate does not mean that American households are doing well
Vivek Wadhwa is a Distinguished Fellow at Harvard Law School and Carnegie Mellon University’s College of Engineering at Silicon Valley. He researches exponentially advancing technologies that
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