Archive - No Work Left Behind

Wages, Wage-Price Spirals, Inflation, and the Echoes of History

Reflections on the November 2024 jobs data and a look at wage-price spirals - and how we've dealt with them - through the years.

Dec 8

November 2024

The Human Element in the S&P 500

Mounting evidence suggests that how companies manage their people is just as predictive of financial success as what they sell.

Nov 28

July 2024

To Stay Or To Go?

Human beings are, naturally, attracted to shiny and new. But could breaking this structural component to turnover be the key to improving retention at…

Jul 4

April 2024

When A Raise Doesn't Feel Like A Raise

Applying the principles of marginal utility of income, the Easterlin paradox, and Kahneman's prospect theory to the idea of employee raises.

Apr 14

February 2024

On OpenAI & Sora: The End Of Two Industries

A $1 trillion disruption is coming to the storytelling, filmmaking, and advertising industries on a global scale. That's the power of OpenAI's new…

Feb 17

From 1.25 billion chicken wings devoured to $13 billion in economic impact, the Super Bowl is a cultural juggernaut fueled by massive viewership…

Feb 10

On Elon's Pay Package: The Tradeoff Between Risk and Reward

As a capitalist, my perspective is that it was fair compensation for the risk involved. High risk, high reward, right?

Feb 3

September 2023

August 2023

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