UK Labour Budget, Part 2: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
More than a year ago, I wrote about “The good, the bad, and the ugly” in Labour’s first Budget....
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Why Labour’s Employment Rights Bill Is Bad News For Workers
My previous pieces (here and here) discussed the topic of “Eurosclerosis” — how static European labor markets cause economic stagnation. While unemployment has fallen, European labor markets aren’t dynamic. Many workers stay with the same employer...
The UK’s Inflation Mess: No Way Out?
More than two years ago, I warned about the possibility of wage-price spiral in the U.K. My assessment back...
Chicken and Egg: The Global Food-Wage Spiral
The decade before the pandemic was marked by low inflation, low interest rates, and weak wage growth. Following the...
It’s Time to Bring London to the Workforce
The British growth malaise One of the bigger puzzles in macroeconomics is the productivity stagnation that has taken a...
Minimum Wage Missteps: First UK, Now Germany?
The British national living wage: An overly ambitious policy? Great Britain has been running one of the most ambitious...
The UK Labor Market Data is a Hot Mess
How reliable is the British labor market data? Unfortunately, the answer to that question is “not very”! Let’s start...
The UK Labor Market is Edging Closer Towards Recession
May’s job numbers showed a rapid deterioration of the U.K. labor market following the dramatic surge in employer costs...
Bullhorn Acquires UK Staffing Software Company
BOSTON – Bullhorn®, the cloud computing company that helps staffing and recruiting organizations transform their businesses, today announced that it...
Google partners with market-leading job board provider Madgex to launch Google for Jobs in the UK
In June 2017, Google made a significant step into the online recruitment market when they formally launched a new...