The Real Reason Companies Are Shedding Workers
We've heard a lot of conflicting stories about the big corporate layoffs this year... let's cut through the noise to find out what's behind them and why CEOs wouldn't want you to know. Two Cents is hosted by Philip Olson, CFP® and Julia Lorenz-Olson, AFC® Directors: Katie Graham & Andrew Matthews Written by: Andrew Matthews Executive Producer: Amanda Fox Produced by: Katie Graham Edited & Animated by: Ben Harrison Fact checker: Yvonne McGreevy Executive in Charge for PBS: Maribel Lopez Director of Programming for PBS: Gabrielle Ewing Assistant Director of Programming for PBS: John Campbell Images by: Shutterstock Music by: APM Two Cents is a production of Spotzen for PBS Digital Studios sources: https://www.forbes.com/sites/guneyyil... https://theconversation.com/tech-comp.... https://gizmodo.com/workers-most-at-r... https://gizmodo.com/ai-added-basicall... https://news.darden.virginia.edu/2026... https://www.theguardian.com/technolog... https://builtin.com/articles/ai-washi... https://hbr.org/2026/01/companies-are... https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/... https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/bloc... https://fortune.com/2026/03/03/goldma... https://budgetlab.yale.edu/research/a... https://theweek.com/tech/artificial-i... https://futurism.com/artificial-intel... https://futurism.com/artificial-intel... https://finance.yahoo.com/news/meta-2... https://bigthink.com/business/the-gre... https://www.hiringlab.org/2026/01/09/...
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