<p>This season of Better Life Lab, we’ve been taking a close look at work stress and the future of work and wellbeing. </p><p>Parts of the American economy are looking tough for many workers — even “dystopian. People are quitting their jobs at record rates.</p><p>We know what many of the problems are. Yet the fixes are not so simple. So on this closing episode of our fourth season, we ask: Are bad jobs an inherent part of the workplace — or can we actually do what it takes to make the jobs of the future good jobs, big enough to support real human life for all of us?</p><p><strong>Guests</strong></p><ul><li><strong>Rep. Jim Himes</strong>, D-Ct, chair of the <a href="https://fairgrowth.house.gov/">House Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth</a></li><li><strong>Zeynep Ton</strong>, founder, <a href="https://goodjobsinstitute.org/">Good Jobs Institute</a></li><li><a href="https://twosigmaimpact.com/our-team/"><strong>Warren Valdmanis</strong></a>, private equity investor and partner with Two Sigma Impact, who will only invest in companies that provide good jobs</li><li><br></li></ul><p><strong>Resources</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.metgroup.com/ideas/what-if-progress-meant-well-being-for-all/">What if Progress meant Wellbeing for All?</a>, The Metropolitan Group</li><li><a href="https://www.brookings.edu/blog/future-development/2021/04/06/making-well-being-a-policy-priority-lessons-from-the-2021-world-happiness-report/">Making wellbeing a policy priority. Lessons from the 2021 World Happiness Report</a>, Carol Graham, Brookings, 2021</li><li><a href="https://www.businessroundtable.org/business-roundtable-redefines-the-purpose-of-a-corporation-to-promote-an-economy-that-serves-all-americans">The Business Roundtable Redefines the Purpose of a Corporation to Promote an Economy that Serves All</a>, 2019</li><li><a href="https://fairgrowth.house.gov/news/press-releases/hearing-recap-our-changing-economy-effects-technological-innovation-automation">Hearing Recap: Our Changing Economy: The Effects of Technological Innovation, Automation and the Future of Work</a>, House Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth, Nov. 2021</li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/11/technology/income-inequality-technology.html">Economists pin more blame on tech for inequality</a>, New York Times, January 2022</li></ul><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>