Noam Scheiber

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Noam Scheiber

The tech giant instead engaged a firm that is fighting the president's executive orders, Jenner & Block, in a sign that those firms can still attract clients. When big law firms attacked by President Trump decided to make a deal with him rather than fight, many did so because their leaders feared that clients would abandon a firm caught on the administration's bad side. Now that logic may be getting less compelling.

3 weeks 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.

1 month 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?

1 month 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?