Sunday, October 29, 2023

Forbes.com: Scotland’s Latest Energy Idiocy

By SIMON CONSTABLE

Scotland’s government is at it again: Meddling with its absurd energy policies.

This time the ruling Scottish National Party wants to sell energy to Europe. It looks like a bright idea on the surface, that is until you look under the hood. Read more here.

North Sea Oil Rig 
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Forbes.com: What’s It Take For Economists To Forecast U.S. Recessions Accurately?

By SIMON CONSTABLE

Getting a job as a Wall Street economist is supposed to require great skill. But apparently that skill doesn’t mean developing the ability to forecast big events like recessions.

A year and a half after the ‘recession call’ started and we still have no recession. In fact, the U.S. is now growing faster than it has in ages. It flies in the face of the collective message from Wall Street. And that has me wondering what’s up. Read more here.

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#France: Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron stand side by side with Jerusalem. @BatchelorShow @RealConstable

By SIMON CONSTABLE 


Listen here.

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Thursday, October 19, 2023

Korn Ferry: Monk Mode: A Hot Trend for Workers?

 By SIMON CONSTABLE

The BBC jumped on the trend, along with other news sources. So did TikTok. “Monk mode”—a term coined two decades ago by a computer program—has now become the latest social-media detox, one that experts say could help workers struggling to focus amid today’s incessant distractions. 

But does it come with a cost?

Read more here.

Korn Ferry: A Gender Pay Gap—at the Very Top

By SIMON CONSTABLE 

British women have come a long way in business, but even those taking the top CEO role are getting short-changed it seems—and by some signifcant sums.

The few women CEOs in the public companies that make up the FTSE 100 index of leading UK stocks get paid 23.5% less than their male counterparts, according to a recent report The High Pay Center, a UK think tank. In 2022, the average pay for male FTSE 100 CEOs was £4.3 million ($5.2 million) versus £3.4 million for women. And there are only 11 such women in those top roles. Read more here.