Insights

Insights on the skilled trades, labor markets, and workforce trends.

Work, Wages & Opportunity

Why the Skilled Trades Are One of the Best Paths Out of Poverty in America

For millions of Americans, the college-to-white-collar path is increasingly expensive, delayed, and uncertain. The skilled trades offer something rarer: a clear, fast, and durable route into the middle class.

Q2 2026·5 min read

AI & The Future of Work

What Alex Karp Gets Right — and Wrong — About Who Will Survive the AI Era

Palantir's CEO compressed a large anxiety into a sharp soundbite. Buried inside the provocation is a real conversation about what the AI era actually rewards — and what our talent pipeline has gotten wrong.

Q1 2026·6 min read

Workforce & Labor Markets

The Skilled Labor Shortage Is Getting Worse — But a New Platform Aims to Fix the Disconnect

The skilled labor shortage is often framed as a supply problem. But the deeper issue may be labor-market disconnect — and better infrastructure could help fix it.

Q4 2025·7 min read