Physician Burnout: Another Consequence of Medical Socialism by Gilbert Berdine, MD | Mises Wire

Physician burnout is an epidemic in the U.S. health care system, with nearly 63% of physicians reporting signs of burnout such as emotional exhaustion and depersonalization at least once per week. While many factors contribute to burnout, the burnout epidemic is often associated with system inefficiencies, administrative burdens and increased regulation and technology requirements.

IN-DEPTH: China’s Economy Is Faltering By Terri Wu | The Epoch Times

A professor at a private college in Guangzhou, a mega city in China’s affluent coastal south, believes the actual rate is much higher than the official 20 percent—as high as 80.

Universal Basic Income To Be Trialed In England | author: Thomas Brooke | ReMix News

One proponent of UBI is U.S. billionaire Elon Musk who believes the scheme could be an adequate response to the inevitable continuous infringement of artificial intelligence in the workplace.

“UBI means that unemployed people will be paid across the globe,” Musk told a tech summit in Dubai back in 2017. “Machines, robots are taking over. There will be fewer and fewer jobs that a robot cannot do better,” he added.

Fired Teachers Who Refused COVID Vaccine to Get Full Reinstatement and Back Pay By Jack Phillips SOURCE: The Epoch Times

"Last week, their attorney, Greg Piccirilli, and the school district said they had reached a settlement, allowing the teachers to return to their jobs. They are also each entitled to $33,333 in damages along with their back pay. DiOrio will get $150,000, Thurber will get $128,000, and Hines will receive $65,000 under the agreement."

New York, San Francisco Office Buildings Are Absolute Ghost Towns | Zero Hedge

 

The Empty Downtown - A New Normal? SOURCE: Zero Hedge

"Data collected by the University of Toronto School of Cities shows that as of the fall of 2022, the downtowns of many major population centers in the U.S. and Canada were still recording much less activity than before the pandemic. Los Angeles had gained back around two thirds of its former life (as measured by cellphone activity), but other downtowns - like in Chicago, Vancouver in British Columbia, Seattle and San Francisco - are now at most half as active as they had been before the pandemic" 

Majority of India's Million Workforce Stop Looking for Jobs By Vrishti Beniwal SOURCE: Bloomberg

Frustrated at not being able to find the right kind of job, millions of Indians, particularly women, are exiting the labor force entirely, according to new data from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy Pvt, a private research firm in Mumbai.

Ex-Google VP on the ‘One Skill’ She Looked For at Job Interviews Above All Others—That Only 15% of People Have BY Jon Miltimore SOURCE: FEE

 [Tasha Eurich, an organizational psychologist] who spent nearly five years as part of a research team on the subject, says people who lack self-awareness can greatly reduce a team’s effectiveness. While defining self-awareness is to some extent subjective, Eurich identifies several characteristics and tendencies of people who lack this important trait:

“They won’t listen to, or accept, critical feedback.

They cannot empathize with, or take the perspective of, others.

They have difficulty ‘reading a room’ and tailoring their message to their audience.

They possess an inflated opinion of their contributions and performance.

They are hurtful to others without realizing it.

They take credit for successes and blame others for failures.”

Work-From-Home Trend Costs Manhattan $12 Billion Per Year by Tyler Durden SOURCE: Zero Hedge

 

Urban elites seize most of the benefits of big cities, finds study by Linköping University SOURCE: phys.org

"With respect to urban inequality, the study draws attention to the partial exclusion of most city dwellers from the socioeconomic benefits of growing cities. Their lifestyle, different than among the urban elite, benefits less from geographical location. When accounting for the cost of living in larger cities, many big-city dwellers will in fact be worse off as compared to similar people living in smaller places"

Criminalizing Work and Harming (Almost) Everyone in the Process By Scott Lincicome SOURCE: The Cato Institute

"Prospective barbers in North Carolina must attend barber school for 1,528 hours—a number set in law by the state legislature. The cost of attending one of the 51 such schools in the state ranges from $3,000 to $20,000, according to Dennis Seavers, the executive director of the state Board of Barber Examiners."

America is quietly reinventing itself by Joel Kotkin SOURCE: Spiked

"Tech-company relocations pose a particular challenge to Silicon Valley. Hewlett Packard Enterprise, part of the Bay Area’s foundational tech economy, has moved to Houston. Meta – which despite its current problems, should not be counted out – has reportedly purchased 33 floors in downtown Austin. And Apple continues to expand in Austin’s suburbs. Tesla is also building its new factory in Austin."

Amazon’s net loss prompts query: Has it built too many warehouses? SOURCE: Reuters

"The world's largest online retailer on Thursday reported $2billion in incremental costs from having excess fulfilment and transportation capacity, a dramatic shift from just two years ago when Amazon had to turn away merchants' goods because it had room only for vital supplies."