Economic Development 2.0: Playing The Healthcare Card A strong case was made by Jim Clifton, the Chairman of Gallup, that we’re in World War III in his book The Coming Jobs War. Just as the previous wars impacted which countries would lead the world in prosperity, the “war” we are in will dictate which communities get the lion’s ...
A Post Memorial Day Challenge: IVF Coverage For Veterans It’s the day after Memorial Day, as good a time as any to discuss military service-related infertility treatment – and prevention. Start with today’s Washington Post article on the Veteran’s Administration misguided ban on IVF treatment, a policy that – hopefully – will be overturned as a result of bipartisan efforts. Kudos ...
Sneakernomics: Solutions For The Run Specialty Business After several years of strong sales growth in the run specialty channel, that trend has now slowed. While the run specialty business is only a small portion of the overall running market, the channel controls tremendous mindshare. In order for the industry’s running business to improve, we need run specialty to ...
Healthcare "Tax" Has Crushed Nest Eggs By $1,000,000 Per Household It's been reported that 80{c754d8f4a6af077a182a96e5a5e47e38ce50ff83c235579d09299c097124e52d} of employer payroll increases have gone to pay healthcare costs over last 20+ years so employer costs have increased with little going in the pockets of workers (not to mention no meaningful improvement in overall health outcomes). Over the last 50 years, the cost of consumer goods ...
How Successful People Handle Stress There are two kinds of people in this world: those who believe they can make things happen and those who believe things happen to them. The first group are convinced that the outcome of their lives and careers is more or less in their own hands, and they wouldn’t have it ...
