#71: Inflation Means An Extra $5,200, Middle Class Shrunk By 10%, Kellogg Sheds Light On Weakness In Freelance Tech
While the average American can't afford a home and is increasingly feeling the push of inflation, Miami's Mayor runs 4 miles in the middle of a 50 crowd of runners.
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Yepā¦back to Inflation š¤¬
Itās not just youā¦48% of us are thinking about rising prices all the time.
Youāll need to make $5,200 this year ($433 more a month) to keep up with inflation and keep the same life.
Even you Sweetgreen coastal elites are feeling the āLunchflationā as Business Insider calls it.
No end in sight as Biden extends student loan payment until August 31, 2022.
To make it worseā¦thereās no sign of slowing down for the Talent Shortage
The war for talent isnāt equally distributed amongst all countries according to Statista.
And to sum it upā¦the middle class has shrunk by 10% in the past 50 years.
Meanwhile housing, healthcare, and education has all skyrocketed.
We need to reevaluate full time employment as the default. Just like physical mail still works but isnāt the default, physical office work will always work but isnāt the solution for a sustainable global economy.
So whatās the solution for inflation, the talent shortage, and rebuilding the middle class?
Digital, remote-first, borderless talent models in the Human Cloud.
BUT letās talk the āTechā Behind The Human Cloud
KelloggInsight sheds light on the archaic measurement system of ratings/reviews that go back to 1990 with Ebay.
This quote hit home:
"What these platforms have created, in effect, is a system where the traditional role of the manager has been fully outsourced to customers and their star-based ratings."
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š Government Changemaker In Action
The Mayor of Miami Francis Suarez ran amongst a crowd of 50+ people through the streets of Miami this week, allowing people to approach him before, during, and after the run.
Talk about putting the people first. Whether government leaders or entrepreneurs, can all learn from a mayor running 4 miles in the middle (not in the front) of their people.
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