- September 27, 2022
Productivity Is Easy to Fix
The US labor shortage is double trouble: The economy lacks enough workers, and the average worker is less productive.
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You don't need pristine conditions to make money—that's the takeaway readers get from Patrick Watson's free letter, Connecting the Dots. It dives deep into current US and world events, and investigates how you can leverage them to your advantage.
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- August 30, 2022
Employers Don’t Know What’s Hitting Them
Hiring managers have had a rough couple of years. If that’s you, I have bad news: Don’t expect much improvement in the labor shortage.
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- July 12, 2022
The US Has a Deadly Economic Problem
Financial analysts often call the United States “the world’s strongest economy,” with high and constantly improving living standards.
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- June 21, 2022
The Only Way Out of This Mess
Remember when inflation was going to be transitory? Good times.
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Patrick Watson
Editor, Connecting the DotsPatrick Watson is a compulsive trend-observer and John Mauldin's senior economic analyst. He and John first began collaborating around 30 years ago, and he contributes research and ideas to John's wildly popular weekly e-letter, Thoughts from the Frontline. When John needs to make sense of the senseless, Patrick is often the first person he looks to.
