News tagged with economic growth

Economic growth in China has not meant greater life satisfaction for Chinese people: long-term study

Despite an unprecedented rate of economic growth, Chinese people are less happy overall than they were two decades ago, reveals timely new research from economist Richard Easterlin, one of the founders of the field of "happiness ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 14, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Age is no barrier in the workplace

(Phys.org) -- Older managers bring as much value to an organisation as their younger counterparts, according to new research.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created May 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Second Law of Thermodynamics May Explain Economic Evolution

(PhysOrg.com) -- Terms such as the "invisible hand," laissez-faire policy, and free-market principles suggest that economic growth and decline in capitalist societies seem to be somehow self-regulated. Now, ...

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (34) | comments 30 feature

Over long haul, money doesn't buy happiness: 'Easterlin Paradox' revisited

A new collaborative paper by economist Richard Easterlin — namesake of the "Easterlin Paradox" and founder of the field of happiness studies — offers the broadest range of evidence to date demonstrating that a higher ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 13, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (14) | comments 18 | with audio podcast

Global warming: New research emphasizes the role of economic growth

It's a message no one wants to hear: To slow down global warming, we'll either have to put the brakes on economic growth or transform the way the world's economies work.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 01, 2012 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (13) | comments 133

Tropical cyclones to cause greater damage

Tropical cyclones will cause $109 billion in damages by 2100, according to Yale and MIT researchers in a paper published in Nature Climate Change.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Wars steadily increase for over a century, fed by more borders and cheaper conflict

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research by the University of Warwick and Humboldt University shows that the frequency of wars between states increased steadily from 1870 to 2001 by 2% a year on average. The research ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jun 28, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Study says money only makes you happy if it makes you richer than your neighbors

A study by researchers at the University of Warwick and Cardiff University has found that money only makes people happier if it improves their social rank. The researchers found that simply being highly paid wasn't enough ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 22, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (14) | comments 10 | with audio podcast

Polluting China for the sake of economic growth

China's economic growth will continue to be energy-intensive and highly polluting for the foreseeable future with emissions and efficiency far below capital growth on the agenda, according to a study published in the International Jo ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

In social dealings, being older is being wiser

(AP) -- It turns out grandma was right: Listen to your elders. New research indicates they are indeed wise - in knowing how to deal with conflicts and accepting life's uncertainties and change.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 05, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (9) | comments 3

Environmental index could save rural communities

A new approach to environmental monitoring could avert ruin for some of the world's poorest communities.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Brown economists measure GDP growth from outer space

Outer space offers a new perspective for measuring economic growth, according to new research by three Brown University economists. In a National Bureau of Economic Research working paper, J. Vernon Henderson, ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Sep 04, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 2

IT to generate 5.8 million new jobs by 2013: IDC

Information technology will be an employment machine, generating 5.8 million new jobs in the coming four years, according to International Data Corporation (IDC) research released.

Technology / Business

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Tech giants get lecture on perils of gadget worship

Silicon Valley giants at the prestigious TED innovation conference here on Tuesday were warned that the worship of technology will ruin the world before it saves it.

Technology / Other

created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

India to launch $45 tablet computer

India is set Wednesday to launch its long-awaited low-cost computer, a $45 tablet device designed to bring the information technology revolution to tens of millions of students.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 04, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 0