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October 3, 2021 Automation and Today’s Labor Market ChallengesThe process of workers matching with employers is messy and slow.
August 22, 2021 How to Think About the Infrastructure BillInfrastructure spending reallocates jobs far more often than it creates them.
August 15, 2021 More Questions Than Answers About the Post-COVID WorkplaceWorkplaces vary widely in their degree of flexibility and productivity during the pandemic.
September 27, 2020 COVID May Amplify Factory Job TrendsFor manufacturing, production continues to grow and employment continues to decline.
May 10, 2020 Mother’s Day and Unmeasured EconomicsA disproportionate share of unmeasured work falls to women, particularly those who happen to have kids.
December 29, 2019 What Does Consumer Spending Do for Our Economy?Consumer spending is simply a measure of demand.
May 5, 2019 Data on Productivity Sends an Ominous Warning to Indiana’s EconomyThe slowdown in GDP growth since the Great Recession is a puzzle with many potential causes.
January 13, 2019 Factory Jobs Are Changing FastSummary: Productivity and education demands greatly affect factory employment.
July 8, 2018 Donnelly’s Automation Adjustment Act Should Be EnactedMost workers were not eligible for assistance because of job losses to automation, not trade.
December 24, 2017 Manufacturing in Growth and TransitionSince 2001, 60 percent of all manufacturing GDP growth has occurred in just 10 cities.
March 19, 2017 Taxing Robots Is NonsenseBill Gates is right to worry about tax systems, but he takes the wrong approach in solution.
February 19, 2017 Technology Related Job Losses of the Last CenturyTechnological changes led to a shift of 1.5 million jobs from one industry alone in Indiana.
October 2, 2016 Economic Changes Mean Primacy of Place MattersMaking cities good for workers is good for business.
August 21, 2016 The Importers Benefit from TradeUnbalanced trade activity points to an unbalance in efficiency.
May 8, 2016 The Great Hoosier Jobs Lie of 2016Productivity has lead to a growing manufacturing industry, but fewer, better-educated workers.
March 27, 2016 Technology Both Complements and Substitutes for LaborTechnology has replaced workers in routine, yet costly, occupations.
March 13, 2016 Manufacturing Production, Manufacturing Jobs and Snake-OilAmerican manufacturing production has been booming, while manufacturing employment has been in decline.
February 21, 2016 Some Surprising Lessons from CarrierIt would be wiser to invest in making people more productive.
October 11, 2010 The Drivers License Odyssey…previously licensed to drive an M1 Tank and various smaller tracked and wheeled vehicles. Obtaining an Indiana license, he thought, would be easy. It was not.
April 29, 2005 Indiana Standard Time "Indiana’s reluctance to change its practices and traditions to conform with national trends is a long-standing one."

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