Are we entering a post work world where most will need to be in a Universal Basic Income? https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2020/10/27/us-lost-over-60-million-jobs-now-robots-tech-and-artificial-intelligence-will-take-millions-more/?utm_source=FBPAGE&utm_medium=social&utm_content=4007275189&utm_campaign=sprinklrForbesMainFB#6cb01e541a52
To Lift Up Communities of Color, Fix Public Transit [“https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-19/transportation-is-a-racial-justice-issue”]
New York City Rides Out an Unprecedented Transit Crisis [“https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-19/how-new-york-s-mta-is-riding-out-a-transit-crisis”]
As I’ve previously posted, there is extremely low risk from flying. Opening up flying saves the airlines and tourist dependent regions.Allowing those with covid negative tests to fly is about the safest way to reopen economies. The US and EU should create uniform test criteria that would be accepted in all states and EU member …
Article argues a more nuanced view of student debt and how the burden is largely born by higher income households. Article argues against wholesale debt forgiveness. https://www-brookings-edu.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2020/10/09/who-owes-the-most-in-student-loans-new-data-from-the-fed/amp/
Would be nice if debates and media could cover such policy proposals in more detail. https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/21456242/joe-biden-poverty-checks-kamala-harris
Perspective | The right formula for managing a socially responsible company? There is none. By Steven Pearlstein https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/10/05/shareholder-capitalism-business-roundtable-esg/
Detailed look at the nation’s broken unemployment insurance system and ideas to fix it. https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/21430930/covid-unemployment-600-cares-act-the-great-rebuild
Has the investment allocation paradigm radically shifted? https://www.ft.com/content/fdb793a4-712e-477f-9a81-7f67aefda21a
Is lax oversight a feature or a bug in the global audit industry? It seems every time a major fraud is uncovered the leadership breaks out the standard playbook: 1) We were fooled as well, 2) It’s not our job to uncover fraud and 3) we promise to do better. Though massive fraud garners the …