The economic recovery is too little and too late for college grads again this year.
Filed under: business cycle, Labor markets | Tagged: baby boomers, business cycle, college grads, growth, hiring, labor markets, leading indicators, productivity, recovery, retirement, unemployment | Leave a Comment »
The growing complexity of the mortgage industry has exceeded the ability of the market or regulators to control it effectively.
Filed under: Finance, Progressive Center, public policy | Tagged: banks, credit default swap, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, investment banker, investment banks, mortgage, mortgage backed security, mortgage broker, securitization, self-interest | Leave a Comment »
Banking provides a valuable social function. It is a complex combination of risk management, business judgment and competing interests. Financial reform should be grounded in a solid understanding of banking, economics and human nature.
Filed under: Finance, Progressive Center, public policy | Tagged: agency, banking, banks, capacity, cash flow, character, collateral, conditions, credit, deposits, financial reform, fraud, hero, home, incentives, institutions, lending, mortgages, politicians, populism, regulation, regulations, risk, self-interest, stewart, trade-offs, wonderful life | 1 Comment »
Labor and tax law changes could greatly increase the incentives to hire staff and provide a better unemployment safety net.
Filed under: business cycle, Labor markets, Political economy, Progressive Center, public policy | Tagged: benefits, competitiveness, employee status, hiring, incentives, insurance, internships, jobs, labor laws, leave, liabilities, medical benefits, overtime, productivity, retirement, risks, safety net, standard of living, tax laws, taxes, transaction costs, unemployment | Leave a Comment »
The recession is over. Investment and negotiation opportunities abound!
Filed under: business cycle, Labor markets, strategy | Tagged: acquisitions, consultants, cost reduction, employment, exports, hiring, investments, IT projects, labor market, market share, outsourcing, professional services, quality, real estate, recession, recovery, ROI, sales management, science, Sharepoint, suppliers | Leave a Comment »
Reverse logistics processes can be optimized using a few common sense rules.
Filed under: Operations, quality | Tagged: process, process flow, quality assurance, recovery, repairs, returns, reverse logistics, simplicity, testing, triage | Leave a Comment »
Progress in the business, political, scientific and religious worlds has been determined by the embrace of a “both/and” approach.
Filed under: leadership, strategy | Tagged: both/and, Collins, Darwin, deterministic, Einstein, Gallup, Godel, Goldratt, Heisenberg, Keynes, Kuhn, paradigm, probablistic, relativity, religion, science, uncertainty | Leave a Comment »
