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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.

Management

Americans Don’t Moonlight Like We Used To

A single job is increasingly enough for most folks.

Management

More American Millennials Are Working Than Any Other Generation

They've officially supplanted Generation X as the largest part of the workforce.

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Americans are Less Productive and Better Compensated Than We Thought

Revised data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics tell a different story.

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.