Economics

Are esports really sports?

Economy

Are esports really sports?

Lots of similarities, but there’s no consensus

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OVER LABOR DAY WEEKEND, fans gathered at TD Garden to witness a spectacle unlike any previously hosted at the venue. The stage and venue configuration were similar to what one would find at a professional wrestling match, except that the competitors battled each other at computers instead of in a ring. An estimated 12,000 people(...)

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The Download

Perchance to dream

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College campuses are anxiously waiting for President Trump’s decision on whether to dismantle or even substantially change the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. DACA was an executive order from then-President Barack Obama in 2012 that stopped deportation of undocumented immigrants who were brought to the US as children and who pose no security threat. But(...)

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Don’t just sell, sell to your employees

Economy/ Opinion

Don’t just sell, sell to your employees

Few firms are familiar with worker ownership models

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SMALL BUSINESSES IN MASSACHUSETTS will soon face a generational impasse. As baby boomers begin to retire, the businesses they have built will need new owners, but who these owners will be is still unclear. While baby boomers collectively own more than 50 percent of businesses with employees in America, only 28 percent of them have a(...)

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Got robots?

Economy/ Technology/ Winter 2017

Got robots?

Dairy farmers use technology to eke out a living

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Sixth-generation family farmers Dave and Steve Barstow have stretched the limits of what dairy farmers can do to stay afloat. They opened a store and bakery on their dairy farm at the foot of Mt. Holyoke in Hadley. They generate electricity from composted cow manure and food scraps. They even market a line of farm(...)

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Jobless rates dropping all over MA

Economy

Jobless rates dropping all over MA

Of 10 metro areas in US with biggest declines, 7 from Bay State

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NEW ECONOMIC DATA suggest the state’s labor market is nearing full capacity, which is translating into employment gains across the state and not just in metropolitan Boston. A group of Massachusetts economists released a MassBenchmarks report on Wednesday suggesting tight labor market conditions are likely to lead to worker shortages in some occupations and high(...)

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Airbnb launches charm offensive

Economy/ Politics

Airbnb launches charm offensive

TV ads come as Beacon Hill considers regulation

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STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE WITH A POLICY BATTLE on the Beacon Hill horizon, the short-term rental company Airbnb has launched a TV advocacy campaign framing itself as a boon to local small business, a check against inequality, and a reliable source of income for hosts. The charm offensive comes as legislative leaders appear to be(...)

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The toughest mile

Technology/ Fall 2016

The toughest mile

State provides funding to wire rural towns for internet

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IN 2008, THE Patrick administration set out to wire 123 cities and towns in western Massachusetts for broadband. But eight years, 1,200 miles of fiber-optic cable, and nearly $100 million later, the effort has stalled with 44 communities still without high-speed internet. The towns that remain essentially disconnected—or, in the words of state officials, “unserved”—represent(...)

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Mending the social fabric

Economy/ Politics/ Opinion/ Fall 2016

Mending the social fabric

Yuval Levin wants us to knit together pieces of American Dream

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The Fractured Republic: Renewing America’s Social Contract in the Age of Individualism By Yuval Levin New York: Basic Books 262 pages   SPEND SOME TIME in West Virginia or Kentucky and you begin to understand why Donald Trump has made it so far as a candidate for president. Making America great again sells well in(...)

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