Need to Know
Stories, links, images, and videos that'll make you a smarter economic developer. Published 7x per week.
Assorted Links Friday
California's lack of water will cost you, where the jobs are, the chip shortage is not improving, infrastructure, and more.
Assorted Links Thursday
The stalled jobs recovery, labor productivity, post-pandemic economy, the cardboard real estate boom, and bowling balls.
Assorted Links Wednesday
Galking to strangers, exports, supply chains and back to school, home inventory and so much more.
Assorted Links Tuesday
The economy and the variants, the economy hidden, retirees and the economy, and so much more.
Assorted Links Monday
More shortages (this time in Texas), we do the numbers on the economy, global internet speeds, and pics of my pigs Petunia and Miss Piggy.
Assorted Links Sunday
The worker's job market, modeling probability, unemployment insurance fraud has exploded, comparing tax systems around the world, and more.
Assorted Links Saturday
Mexico goes boom (in a good way), the long tail, paying people to move to your city is a bust, and more.
Assorted Links Friday
Gross job gains vs gross losses, the new geography of jobs, 1 out of every 153 American workers is an Amazon employee, and more.
Assorted Links Thursday
Why we miscalculated housing demand, why you should recruit independent Amazon sellers (because there are so many of them!), and more.