Noam Scheiber

5 days ago | nytimes.com | Noam Scheiber

The arms race for talent seems to have made collective action, within and between firms, nearly impossible. Years before the law firm Paul Weiss struck a deal with President Trump over an executive order that threatened its business, the storied New York partnership made another fateful decision. It raided a competitor for a group of lawyers with an exceptionally profitable client, the private equity and credit firm Apollo Global Management.

3 weeks ago | myheraldreview.com | Noam Scheiber

When Starbucks announced last month that it was laying off more than 1,000 corporate employees, it highlighted a disturbing trend for white-collar workers: Over the past few years, they have seen a steeper rise in unemployment than other groups, and slower wage growth. It also added fuel to a debate that has preoccupied economists for much of that time: Are the recent job losses merely a temporary development? Or do they signal something more ominous and irreversible?

4 weeks ago | infobae.com | Noam Scheiber

Cuando Starbucks anunció el mes pasado que iba a despedir a más de 1000 empleados, puso de manifiesto una tendencia preocupante para los trabajadores administrativos: en años recientes, han experimentado un aumento más pronunciado en el desempleo y un crecimiento salarial más lento que otros grupos. También atizó un debate que ha preocupado a los economistas durante gran parte de ese tiempo: ¿las recientes pérdidas de empleos serán tan solo un acontecimiento temporal?

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Noam Scheiber

When Starbucks announced last month that it was laying off more than 1,000 corporate employees, it highlighted a disturbing trend for white-collar workers: Over the past few years, they have seen a steeper rise in unemployment than other groups, and slower wage growth. It also added fuel to a debate that has preoccupied economists for much of that time: Are the recent job losses merely a temporary development? Or do they signal something more ominous and irreversible?

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Noam Scheiber

A contracting firm called Leidos took in more than $16 billion in revenue last year, most of it through contracts with federal agencies like the Department of Veterans Affairs. So when the Trump administration's budget cutters took aim at the V.A. last month, it seemed like bad news not just for the department's employees but also for Leidos and dozens of other private-sector firms.