What’s Behind Optimism? Age Limits or Discrimination? AI Equals More Work?

The National Federation of Independent Businesses’ monthly survey results show good news on the optimism front: the index reached its highest level in more than a year, the percentage of those expecting to create jobs is the highest since 2022, and worries about inflation are down seven points. Host Gene Marks also talks about the unique age-limit approach a restaurant has taken while noting that discrimination could become an issue, while in AI news, employers keep saying less work is coming for employers while a survey shows the latter’s workweek hours increasing. Listen to the podcast.

Topics:00:00 – Introduction01:07 – Small Business Optimism03:43 – Restaurant Age Limit06:40 – AI and Workload09:47– Episode Wrap-up

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