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Melvin Backman
Management
Labor Department: American Workers Are Not Getting Much More Productive
If things keep going this way, we might need to rethink our growth expectations.
- Melvin Backman, Quartz
Management
Americans Don’t Moonlight Like We Used To
A single job is increasingly enough for most folks.
- Melvin Backman, Quartz
Management
More American Millennials Are Working Than Any Other Generation
They've officially supplanted Generation X as the largest part of the workforce.
- Melvin Backman, Quartz
Management
Americans are Less Productive and Better Compensated Than We Thought
Revised data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics tell a different story.
- Melvin Backman, Quartz
Management
Computers Aren’t Making Us Better Workers Like They Used To
A new paper suggests that much of the the IT revolution's productivity bonus has flamed out.
- Melvin Backman, Quartz