Diversify your portfolio. That’s excellent investment advice — but it applies to many more situations than you might think. After all, setting aside part of each paycheck in retirement funds or other financial assets isn’t the only way you invest now in anticipation of future returns. Indeed, unless you are fabulously wealthy or remarkably lucky,...
With more than half of American workers still able to work from home, the post-pandemic work world is likely changed for good. Approximately 58% of Americans have the option of working from home at least one day a week, and more employees are turning to that policy to keep their staff happier in their jobs. A recent study suggests that it might be a win-win.
If you’re a fan of Subway, perhaps you like getting a “five-dollar footlong.” Maybe you even like the jingle. But in Seattle, you’d be singing a different tune if you saw you can’t buy a five-dollar footlong. Seattle’s minimum-wage hikes have made labor costs too expensive for a Subway franchise to afford to do the...
Occupational licensing rules may be keeping people from moving across state lines and toward job opportunities, a new study from the National Bureau of Economic Research suggests. University of Minnesota professors Janna E. Johnson and Morris M. Kleiner published a study linking state-specific licensing to reduced migration rates of people with jobs requiring licensing. The...
