The slide into the new year can often be measured by the disappearance of string lights on roofs, a resurgence in gym memberships and perhaps most noticeable—colder winter weather. January holds the title as the chilliest ...
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Jan 5, 2022
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The United States unemployment rate of 4.2 percent is the lowest since 1969—a stunning dynamic that has created optimism for the American workforce.
Economics & Business
Dec 28, 2021
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In the nineteenth century, Javanese peasants were forced to work on plantations for low wages. This was an economic success, but at the cost of a large number of lives, reveals a study conducted by Pim de Zwart, Daniel Gallardo-Albarrán ...
Economics & Business
Dec 21, 2021
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When the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted global production and distribution, it shone a spotlight on the fault lines running through some of the world's supply chains, which—according to a group of Stanford human rights researchers—have ...
Economics & Business
Dec 20, 2021
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Marshall Fisher, the UPS professor of operations, information, and decisions in the Wharton School, describes this fall's supply chain crisis as "the mother of all supply chain disruptions." But he also emphasizes one particular ...
Economics & Business
Dec 10, 2021
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Researchers from The University of New Mexico and California Polytechnic University find increased employment, especially in manufacturing, following the opening of legal recreational cannabis dispensaries. They found no ...
Economics & Business
Dec 3, 2021
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Exposure to automation led to an increase in support for radical-right parties in Western European countries between the late 1990s and 2016, according to a newly published study byBocconi professors Massimo Anelli, Italo ...
Social Sciences
Nov 24, 2021
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Robots aren't a man's best friend, statistically speaking. They worsen the economic stature of men and, in the process, alter marital status and ultimately marital fertility.
Social Sciences
Nov 24, 2021
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Finding good employees has always been a challenge—but these days it's harder than ever. And it is unlikely to improve anytime soon.
Economics & Business
Nov 16, 2021
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In October, the major employment indicators for people with disabilities reached their highest recorded levels since September 2008, when reporting for this cohort was begun by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), according ...
Economics & Business
Nov 5, 2021
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