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We’ve been discussing how the Great Recession started out as a massive credit collapse, resulting in a deflationary cascade.  With declining wealth, incomes and revenues, people and corporations have had to embrace some extreme cost-cutting measures.  As a result, the … Continue reading →

Over the last couple of weeks, we’ve been exploring the massive restructuring of employment occurring today — how traditional, full-time jobs with benefits are disappearing, while various forms of self employment are rising.  Confirming these trends is this report by … Continue reading →

As more and more traditional, full-time jobs disappear, more and more people will find work as soloists (freelancers, independent contractors, etc.).  As a result, a funny thing happens to companies:  they become much more dynamic and fluid.  Instead of spending … Continue reading →

Last post, we discussed how to get started in the new, self-employment-based careers of the Great Recession.  In today’s post, we’ll describe this in more detail, along with the career paths available in this new environment. To get an idea … Continue reading →

So far, we’ve covered what’s going in our economy, and what’s going with jobs.  In 2005, 3 out of 4 employees had a traditional job with benefits.  Since that time, many of these jobs have gone away, and are not … Continue reading →

In the last post, we discussed how traditional jobs were going away, or moving towards a flexible work force.  Today we’ll discuss the one segment of the employment spectrum that’s destined to benefit from these trends — the ranks of … Continue reading →

In the last post, we described the massive restructuring occurring in our employment base, driven by automation and technology.  In this post, we’ll explore this in more detail, with a focus on the trends driving these changes, leading us to … Continue reading →

I recently saw the Great Depression film “The Grapes of Wrath,” and while I had seen it before, this time I was reminded of what’s going on in employment today.  The movie starts off with Henry Fonda returning to his … Continue reading →

Until now, we’ve been exploring what’s been happening in our economy since the financial crisis began. To summarize, we are currently in a deflationary cascade brought about by a financial panic that started when credit markets around the world realized … Continue reading →

While homes were one of the first classes of property to enter deflation, Small Businesses and Commercial Real Estate are now deflating as well. And for many of the same reasons: people’s expectations of future value have gone down, there’s … Continue reading →