Working Women
and the War for Talent
By addressing deeply rooted gender imbalances, firms can overcome the labor shortage.
By Bianca Bax, Andrew Schwedel, Fai Assakul, and Nicole Bitler
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John Maynard Keynes predicts that continued economic growth over the course of the coming century would reduce working week to 15 hours
1930
The US Postmaster General predicts that today’s mail would be sent by rockets (email turned out to be a most cost-effective option)
1959
But most predications about work don’t actually work...
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The RAND Corporation predicts that intelligent apes would perform most manual labor by 2020
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