Companies have been trying to cut down on workers for as long as those workers have demanded pay and benefits. Whether it’s through:

You might have noticed something lately: modern social media influencers are getting incredibly rich. It wasn’t always like this. Just 10 years ago, the top YouTubers were mostly filming from modest apartments, doing simple skits, and living lives pretty much like yours or mine. Most of them had regular day jobs and posted online because it was fun or maybe earned them a little extra side money.

You know the story: pay attention in school, study hard, get a good job, work diligently your whole career, and then one day, you get to relax and enjoy a nice retirement. Sounds good, right?

So, you’ve probably heard about the Pandora Papers. They’re the latest in a series of big leaks that claim to pull back the curtain on the shady financial stuff the world’s richest and most powerful people get up to – things like money laundering, avoiding taxes, and corruption.

Let’s talk about what’s going on with jobs these days. It’s a bit messy out there. You hear about companies doing mass layoffs, but then they also complain they can’t find enough workers. It doesn’t quite add up, right?

So, I was watching that 1999 movie called Office Space the other day. It’s a comedy, set right at the peak of the 1990s corporate scene. It’s always been one of my absolute favorite movies. But lately, the more I watch it, the more I notice something.

Let’s talk about short-term rentals, like the ones you find on Airbnb. It’s a massive market, worth $100 billion. It really shook up travel globally, made the housing situation worse in many places, and helped some folks make a ton of money early on.

It feels like fewer young people than ever will be able to buy a house in their lifetime. At the same time, homes keep getting more expensive every year. This just doesn’t seem to make sense – if nobody can afford to buy a house, how the [ __ ] do they keep getting more expensive?