Opinion: We might not see the inflation bus coming until it’s run us over
By John Grace Everybody wants to know the date things go sideways. As I am fond of saying, if we are jaywalking across the street it’s not the bus you do see that can disrupt our day, it’s the bus we didn’t see, couldn’t name, and was impossible to time. Global bubbles from the U.S. Read More →
Opinion: Remembering David Swensen, a giant in the investment world
By David Kreinces In early May, David Swensen, Yale’s legendary endowment chief, died of cancer at age 67. Swensen was famous on Wall Street for successfully diversifying Yale’s portfolio in a wide range of alternative investments, and he was also loved for his 2005 book on exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The book, “Unconventional Success,” showed Swensen’s Read More →
Opinion: Time to polish those interview skills, whichever side you’re on
By Kyle McIntosh The Department of Labor reported a record 8.1 million job openings in the U.S. at the end of March. While employers are eager to fill openings, it’s critical that managers are thorough in assessing candidates to ensure new hires fit their needs. Having interviewed hundreds of candidates during my 23 years in Read More →
Opinion: Source of labor shortage not so simple
By Bruce Stenslie We all know from the shared experiences of employers across a wide range of industries and business models that it’s become an enormous challenge to hire the workers needed to keep up with demand as the economy re-opens. We know too that the most commonly presumed cause for the worker shortage is Read More →
Opinion: Making real change with CLU’s new Black Lives Fellowship program
By Regina D. Biddings-Muro Leadership takes courage. Acts of courage will likely make you stand out — and sometimes in ways that will make some uncomfortable. By way of introduction, allow me to share that I am the first person of color to serve on the executive cabinet in the history of California Lutheran University. Read More →
Opinion: California can’t rest on its laurels when it comes to election security
By Pedro Nava, Bill Emmerson and Janna Sidley In 2018, then-Secretary of State Alex Padilla called California’s aging voting equipment “one of the gravest threats to the integrity of our elections.” The response from governors Jerry Brown and Gavin Newsom and the Legislature was unprecedented. Over the next two years, California allocated well over $200 Read More →
Opinion: California’s road to decarbonization
By David Lea, Kyle Meng, Olivier Deschenes, Ranjit Deshmukh and Paige Weber The world is jointly confronting two pressing issues: climate change and rising inequality. These problems are also intricately linked. The imperative to address climate change is overlaid on a world that is deeply unequal, which is likely to worsen under climate change. Yet, Read More →
