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KEW Episode 70: The Great Resignation

By kpluseiswise | November 5, 2021 by kpluseiswise

Ok, sure. So more people than usual are not working. Makes sense. There was some unemployment incentives, a little extra cash, extended for a longer period of time. That probably made not working and being on unemployment more attractive for a while. There were also eviction moratoria across the U.S. that reduced monthly expenses for a lot of renters. And, sure, there was some fear about being around a lot of people; especially in the…

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Preview KEW Episode 70: The Great Resignation

By kpluseiswise | November 3, 2021 by kpluseiswise

Over the last few weeks we’ve been hearing a lot about people quitting their jobs and not going back to work. Some economist coined the term, ‘The Great Resignation’ to describe this more-than-usual number of people leaving the workforce. Also called the ‘Big Quit’, there are something like 5 Million more people not working than there would be without Covid. And I have been wrestling with what I see as a contradiction to all this…