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Commentary
Working from Home Has Increased More Modestly Than Many Believe
…about how many people are working from home today compared with before COVID. If they believe working from home has risen markedly, they may assume it is more permanent than…
Blog Post
The Future of Work: Augmented, not Automated
…balance between technical and noncognitive skills in the marketplace. A new report from the IBM Institute for Business Value, surveying over 24,000 executives and employees around the world, reaffirms the importance of noncognitive skills and…
Blog Post
Skate Parks: Appreciating Another Third Place
…irrelevant . . . [and are] egalitarian and inclusive.” Girls and women, like my daughter, are a significantly growing proportion of the community. The marketplace clearly wants spaces and parks for…
Op-Ed
Here’s a Kind of Job-Training Program That Works
JOB-TRAINING AND WORKFORCE-DEVELOPMENT programs have long been plagued by weak wage and job-persistence outcomes. Since the United States spends markedly less on these types of programs than do other developed nations, it’s…
Op-Ed
Want To End Apartment Warehousing? Ease Up On Rent-Control Laws
…costs the private market can cover if it’s allowed to operate; instead, city taxpayers will have to pay. Meanwhile, the 2019 law is hurting rent-stabilized apartments beyond the “warehousing” of…
Blog Post
Is Paid Leave a Pro-Growth Policy?
…would also point to a 2017 literature review that found the impacts of parental leave on female labor market outcomes range from “negligible to weakly positive.” Sticking with mandated benefits for a…
Op-ed
Four Shocking Truths about the American Economy! (Well, Shocking to Some.)
…to make sure our entrepreneurial and innovative market economy is firing on all cylinders — and appreciate the value of market capitalism as the best path we know to prosperity….
Report
The ‘Utah Family Miracle’ and Why It Matters
…“Utah economic miracle” — marked by exceptional economic growth, a favorable business climate and high rates of economic mobility — has garnered attention across the nation and helps explain why…
Op-Ed
How to Strengthen the ‘Success Sequence’ in Utah
…and marriage. Taking the second benchmark first, a record-high 25% of 40-year-olds in the United States were never married as of 2021, according to new data from Pew Research Center. That…
Blog Post
The Generative AI Revolution Is Underway
…into their business. Marketing, sales, product development, and customer service operations are the top functions using generative AI. Common use cases include drafting text, personalized marketing, identifying trends in customer…
Op-Ed
Keep the Utah Family Miracle Going Strong
…economy is widely seen as the best in the nation. The “Utah economic miracle”—marked by exceptional economic growth, a favorable business climate, and high rates of economic mobility—has garnered attention…
Blog Post
The AI Apocalypse Can Wait
The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has ignited fears about its potential to disrupt the labor market. There has been no shortage of predictions of huge impacts AI will have on the…