The Riddle Inside the Global Job Market

There have been plenty of high-profile layoff announcements lately, from the likes of Amazon, Meta and Goldman Sachs. But there’s a glimmer of good news: Right now, workers have a better-than-usual shot at holding onto their jobs if recession arrives. The coming economic slowdown is shaping up to be very different, and in some ways less painful, than the ones the world has gotten used to.

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