How to structure employment so workers are more creative, productive, and happier. Topics include: What percentage of employees work at home due to the pandemicHow many hours per week do men and women work in both paid employment and unpaid caregivingHow workers have been allocating the time saved by not commutingWhy the economy would still prosper if we worked only four hours per dayWhat is the cult of efficiencyWhat is the difference between leisure and amusementWhy employers reward busyness at workHow work can be more satisfying and create Thanks to LinkedIn and Policygenius for sponsoring the episode. For more information on this episode click here. Show Notes 60 million fewer commuting hours per day: How Americans use time saved by working from home by Jose Maria Barrero, Nick Bloom and Steven J. Davis Mental health: C-suite struggles in the pandemic by Rachel Ranosa—Human Resources Director Deep Work (Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World) by Cal Newport In Praise of Idleness by Bertrand Russell—Harper's Magazine Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving by Celeste Headlee Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle translated by Robert C. Bartlett and Susan D. Collins Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang The Art of the Siesta by Thierry Paquot When More Is Not Better: Overcoming America's Obsession with Economic Efficiency by Roger L. Martin Related Episodes 107: Work, Freedom and Leaving A Legacy 184: Massive Job Losses Are Inevitable But There Will Still Be Work 323: The Economy Is Not A Machine See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

How coordinated buying by retail investors has turned the table on Wall Street. Are there signs of a market bubble? Topic covered include: What are meme stocksWhy GameStop's stock (GME) has soared to over $300 from $17 in less than a monthWhat are short squeezes and gamma squeezes and how they can push up a stock priceHow short-sellers including hedge funds are losing big against individual investors on the wallstreetbets subredditIs coordinated buying of options and stocks by individual investors illegal?How market flows into stocks are taking precedence over fundamental dataIs the stock market in a bubble and how does the current market environment compare to the 1999 Internet bubble and the 2006 housing bubble? Thanks to Truebill for sponsoring the episode For more information on this episode click here. Show Notes r/wallstreetbets FOR POSTERITY—Almost Daily Grants 1.25.21 GameStop can’t stop going up by Jamie Powell—Financial Times Reddit: bull attack by Jamie Powell and Philip Stafford—Financial Times How WallStreetBets Pushed GameStop Shares to the Moon by Brandon Kochkodin—Bloomberg Submit Your Pick for the Next Meme Stock Here posted by u/AssPowers 2/18/20—r/wallstreetbets 17 CFR § 240.10b-5 - Employment of manipulative and deceptive devices.—Legal Information Institute How'd You Guys Manage to Win so Big it Made These Old Guys Drown in Their Tears? posted by u/bawse 1/24/21—r/wallstreetbets Five Things You Need to Know to Start Your Day by Cormac Mullen and Tracy Alloway—Bloomberg Tweet by Paul Kedrosky (@pkedrosky) on 1/25/21 Baupost’s Seth Klarman compares investors to ‘frogs in boiling water’ by Ortenca Aliaj and Eric Platt—Financial Times US stock rally drives ‘ludicrous index’ towards dotcom era heights by Eric Platt—Financial Times See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.