Skip to content

Assorted Links Sunday

The worker's job market, modeling probability, unemployment insurance fraud has exploded, comparing tax systems around the world, and more.

Dane Carlson
Dane Carlson
1 min read
Assorted Links Sunday
Photo by Andrew Haimerl / Unsplash

Table of Contents

The worker's job market:

Why it matters: The unemployment rate remains stubbornly high. At the same time, the Great Resignation has companies across the country trying desperately to hold on to staff as employees act on pent-up demand for job changes.
The pandemic also led some people to relocate, and to rethink their careers and what they want out of life — contributing to a mismatch of available jobs to available workers.
The result? Chaos.

I really don't know anything about markov chains, but I found this Twitter thread about using them to model probabilities absolutely fascinating:


How unemployment insurance fraud exploded: During the Pandemic Bots filing bogus applications in bulk, teams of fraudsters in foreign countries making phony claims, online forums peddling how-to advice on identity theft: Inside the infrastructure of perhaps the largest fraud wave in history.


Tax-to-GDP ratio: comparing tax systems around the world:

Need to Know

Dane Carlson Twitter

Founder/Host of Econ Dev Show. Also: Sitehunt CEO and economic development consultant in Greater Houston, Texas.


Related Posts

Members Public

33 Things Economic Developers Need to Know This Week

The stories Dane thinks you need to see. October 3, 2024 edition.

33 Things Economic Developers Need to Know This Week
Members Public

18 Things Economic Developers Need to Know This Week

The stories Dane thinks you need to see. September 26, 2024 edition.

18 Things Economic Developers Need to Know This Week
Members Public

19 Things Economic Developers Need to Know This Week

The stories Dane thinks you need to see. September 19, 2024 edition.

19 Things Economic Developers Need to Know This Week