Cures for an Ailing Labor Market

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🗓️ 7 January 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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"Off Message" presents Episode 9 of the new season of POLITICO's podcast "Global Translations": The pandemic sent shockwaves through a global labor market already upended by digitization and the green energy transition. It left tens of millions jobless and amplified skills gaps. Even as we spent trillions keeping the economy on life support, investment in the skills of the future has been scarce. So how do we get the right skills to the right people, to get the economy motoring again? Hosts Ryan Heath and Luiza Savage speak with experts about these major labor disruptions.Ryan Heath is the host of "Global Translations". Luiza Savage is a host of "Global Translations".Saadia Zahidi is a managing director at the World Economic Forum.Marianne Wanamaker is a economics professor at the University of Tennessee and former chief domestic economist on the White House Council of Economic Advisors.Annie Rees is a producer for POLITICO Audio. Kara Tabor is a producer for POLITICO Audio. Jenny Ament is the senior producer for POLITICO Audio. Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO Audio. Check out Ryan Heath's article on how workers are struggling for skills support here: https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/06/workers-are-struggling-for-skills-support-during-pandemic-455063And check out the other POLITICO newsletters: Global Translations: https://www.politico.com/newsletters/global-translationsWeekly Shift (labor): https://www.politico.com/newsletters/weekly-shiftTransition Playbook: https://www.politico.com/newsletters/transition-playbook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	COVID-19 has forced businesses and employees across the globe to rethink what it means to go to work.
0:06.8	As we return to some sort of new normal, how do we ensure that that return is equitable?
0:13.0	Stay tuned for a special branded episode of Global Translations, presented by City, January 27th.
0:21.5	Hey, Louisa, welcome to 2021.
0:26.0	We made it. Are you pumped? This is going to be so good.
0:28.7	I cannot believe it. I just cannot believe that 2020 is over.
0:32.5	If you could go back to the beginning of 2020, what would you tell yourself? What would you let go of?
0:37.9	What would you do more of? Oh my gosh. I would say just stock up on the toilet paper.
0:43.2	Just buy a lot of toilet paper and get a freezer. And don't leave your favorite heels at the office
0:50.1	because you don't know when you'll see them again. I'm with you on the heel. I left all mine at the office too, unfortunately.
0:56.2	And I would definitely say to lock down the parental controls on all the computers
1:00.6	because you don't want your kids playing video games in the middle of remote school,
1:05.4	which is a thing.
1:06.7	How about you?
1:08.2	I reckon I would have put more soundproofing in my apartment
1:11.3	if I had done that renovation over again.
1:14.3	Uh-huh, good idea.
1:15.9	It's not soundproof enough.
1:19.0	Zach is like, it's not soundproof enough even now.
1:22.4	He just shouted out.
1:24.2	Did you?
1:26.6	But seriously, if we could do a redo, I would be looking at us spending those trillions
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