A recovery that looks unlike any before The United States closed 2025 with an economy that appears to be moving in two different directions at once. On paper, growth is strong. Output is accelerating, corporate profits are healthy, and productivity is rising. Yet job creation has slowed to a crawl. For many Americans, the experience […]
Economists scramble to measure four-day capitalism. A Calendar Glitch With Global Consequences Tech giant Google admitted this week that a coding error in its Calendar app resulted in the accidental deletion of Mondays from users’ schedules. For nearly three weeks, employees, schools, and governments operated as though Mondays did not exist. The unexpected four-day workweek […]
Workforce efficiency is now tied to high notes and harmony. A Musical Proposal In a move that stunned the financial community, a group of international economists has proposed replacing traditional productivity measures with karaoke performance scores. Their report argues that standard metrics like hours worked and output per capita fail to capture the true spirit […]
