How to Tell If You're in the Wrong Job

Jon Chait did a very funny job taking apart David Brooks's column on reconciliation. I want to do a serious job on it. The factual statements Brooks uses in his argument are wrong. Not arguable, or questionable, or suspicious. Wrong. And since everything else flows from those wrong facts, the rest of the column can't be taken seriously.

Matthew D’Ancona asks: if you were a Labour MP now, what would you do? What I’d be doing is asking myself: how could I get it so badly wrong?

I saw the documentary "Inside Job". It covered corruption in the financial industry, and the housing bubble/bust/bailout.One thing overwhelmingly impressed me. Every single person interviewed in the film had the parasitic or psychopathic personality type. Even the people saying "WTF? There's too much corruption!" had the parasitic personality type.Some parasites go around saying "WTF? This is wrong!", just to provide cover for the other parasites. "Inside Job" was a very weak criticism of the financial industry, compared to my blog.

Hiring the wrong job candidate can cost a company serious money, which is why it’s all too common to make job seekers go through a multi-phase interview process.

Critics point to "job-hopping" — a tendency to frequently change jobs — as a sign that the millennial generation is flighty, unable to commit, and self absorbed; all of the stereotypes that we hear in the media.  

Tonight Irish betting site InTrade announced on its website that all trading was being halted. The language is very ominous. It's unclear if there will ever be trading again. The site was controversial. It was popular among pundits and amateur fans of US politics, as it allowed people to place bets on various real-life event outcomes (Would Obama win? Who would be the GOP nominee? Will the Supreme Court uphold Obamacare).

Guru's blog in Spanish highlights the dramatic retail spending situation in Spain. Here is a Mish-modified translation. Last month I discussed the retail drama in Spain. March data is more of the same. Sales have fallen 33 consecutive months coupled with 56 months of job destruction.