Conor Sen

Conor Sen, a former hedge fund analyst, works for an Atlanta-based financial technology startup.

The Economy's Worst Enemy Now Is Demographics (and It's About to Be Our Best Friend)

The Economy's Worst Enemy Now Is Demographics (and It's About to Be Our Best Friend)

America is getting older, but in the next 15 years, we could hit a sweet spot, where Baby Boomers spend down their retirement savings and younger workers take on debt to buy homes and cars More »

Why the World's First Billion-Dollar Athlete Is Just a Few Years Away

Why the World's First Billion-Dollar Athlete Is Just a Few Years Away

The new economics of television are turning big-market sports teams into multi-hundred-million-dollar powerhouses. Get ready for the world's first billion-dollar contract. More »

We're Repeating the Mistakes That Created the Recession (Great News!)

We're Repeating the Mistakes That Created the Recession (Great News!)

Next year's economic growth will be strong -- and driven by the very things that got us into trouble in the first place: housing and debt More »

Why Is the Labor Force Shrinking? Blame Young Men, Not the Economy

Why Is the Labor Force Shrinking? Blame Young Men, Not the Economy

As more young men choose school and Facebook over the labor force, a smaller and smaller share of Americans are working More »

Beware Facebook, Buy LinkedIn: A Big-Picture Guide to Investing in Bright, Shiny Tech Stocks

Beware Facebook, Buy LinkedIn: A Big-Picture Guide to Investing in Bright, Shiny Tech Stocks

The stock market has no mercy for short-term hiccups in newly-listed companies, especially once insiders begin to sell More »

The Post-Employee Economy: Why Sky-High Profits Are Here to Stay

The Post-Employee Economy: Why Sky-High Profits Are Here to Stay

The end of the age of consumption and the decreasing need for labor are more related than you think More »

The Recovery's Silent Assassin Is Demographics

The Recovery's Silent Assassin Is Demographics

It's emotionally satisfying to blame the bad economy on other people -- banks, borrowers, politicians -- but it's really better explained by demographics More »

The Future of Ads: Mobile Will Crush Display; Games Could Crush Them All

The Future of Ads: Mobile Will Crush Display; Games Could Crush Them All

By some measures, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter are ABC, NBC, and CBS circa 1964. That makes Zynga ESPN in 1992. More »

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