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How to steal like an artist, remote work, the end of jobless benefits, and are the roaring twenties here?

Dane Carlson
Dane Carlson
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Assorted Links Monday
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Are the Roaring 20s Already Here? Things are far from perfect now (and they always will be) but you could make the case that our version of the roaring 20s is already here.


Half of US states ended federal covid-related jobless benefits early. Here is how they compare with the other half: Billions of dollars in enhanced federal aid still being paid to jobless Americans, but some states opt out (Wall Street Journal)


Most Americans like remote work:


Austin Kleon is a writer and artist from Austin, Texas. He also travels around the world helping people and organizations be more creative. Here are four pieces of advice from his book, Steal Like An Artist:

  1. Don’t wait until you know who you are to get started
  2. Climb up the tree as far as you can go
  3. Get bored once in a while
  4. Emulate your heroes

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If you missed it, episode #11 of the Econ Dev Show is out now.  In it, we interview "Super" Dave Quinn.

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CEO of Sitehunt, the AI platform for economic development, site selection and RFI automation. Host and publisher of the Econ Dev Show. In Houston, Texas.


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