Email is a form of knowledge pollution.
Source: Some Companies Are Banning Email and Getting More Done
Intoxication and Deaths Associated with Ingestion of a Racing Fuel and Carbonated Soft Drink Mixture — Tennessee, January 2016 – MMWR
Why Are Prime-Age Workers Disappearing From The Job Market? – NPR
Economists want to know why prime-age workers, people 25-54, aren’t working. Mary Louise Kelly talks to David Wessel of the Hutchins Center on Fiscal & Monetary Policy at the Brookings Institution.
Source: Why Are Prime-Age Workers Disappearing From The Job Market? : NPR
The Housing Trilemma | Oregon Office of Economic Analysis
Every city wants to have a strong local economy, high quality of life and housing affordability for its residents. Unfortunately these three dimensions represent the Housing Trilemma. A city can achieve success on two but not all three at the same time.
Source: The Housing Trilemma | Oregon Office of Economic Analysis
Check out the graphic above courtesy of the Oregon Office of Economic Analysis. I may have been biased about life in the middle but never had the facts to back up my opinions. But after reading this article I now have facts. This analysis demonstrates a city can have success on two fronts, but rarely on all three.
I started life in New York and grew up in New Jersey. A sizeable amount of time was also spent in Dallas. For over a decade I’ve held the belief that my family could not replicate our lifestyle and quality of life anywhere else in the country. Well, I admit to being wrong. We could probably do as well in Cincinnati, Omaha, or Des Moines.
If you can stand the weather, OKC is not a bad place to live in.
HT – Calculated Risk.
Stay-at-Home Moms Say They Should Be Paid $50,000 a Year – Fortune
Intel Layoffs Spotlight Plight of Aging Workers – OregonLive.com
People over 40 were two-and-a-half times more likely to lose their jobs in this spring’s layoffs than Intel employees under 40.
Source: Intel layoffs skew older, spotlighting plight of aging workers | OregonLive.com
Intel is obviously not in the insurance business but I felt this was an excellent article on ageism and the fate that awaits virtually everyone in the corporate world. As strange as it sounds you really have to plan on doing something else before you need to do something else.
In my part of the country the current state of the energy industry has and will continue to affect many families. If you’ve held a highly specialized position in energy the chances of finding a comparable job somewhere soon is slim. Time to do something else.
Plan on earning less than you thought you would be earning. The probability of this occurrence is higher than you think. Find some other line of work, either your own small business or a company who appreciates old people.
Better yet, don’t get old.
Annuities May Save Your Retirement — Quartz
A Never-ending Funeral MassMutual Layoffs – Computerworld
MassMutual employees say they are training overseas workers via Web conferencing sessions.
Source: IT layoffs at insurance firm are a ‘never-ending funeral’ | Computerworld
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