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Omicron’s Economic Toll: Missing Workers, More Uncertainty and Higher Inflation (Maybe)
Covid-related absences are creating headaches for businesses that were struggling to hire workers even before Omicron. Restaurants and retail stores…
Rich Countries Lure Health Workers From Low-Income Nations to Fight Shortages
LUSAKA, Zambia — There are few nurses in the Zambian capital with the skills and experience of Alex Mulumba, who…
Australia’s (Brief) Idea to Ease Supply Chains: Juvenile Forklift Drivers
MELBOURNE, Australia — The Australian government has been trying all kinds of things to address a pandemic labor shortage: Letting…
Why Covid-19 Didn’t Create the Nursing Crisis
We’re entering our third year of Covid, and America’s nurses — who we celebrated as heroes during the early days…
Spike in Inflation Reignites Debate on Price Controls
In a recent survey of 41 academic economists conducted by the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business, 61 percent…
CPI December 2021: Inflation Jumped at Fastest Pace Since 1982
Inflation climbed to its highest level in 40 years at the end of 2021, a troubling development for President Biden…