Economics

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the Nobel memorial prize in economics Monday for their research into the impact of innovation on economic growth and how new technologies replace older ones, a key […]

The final Nobel of this year’s prize season is being announced Monday morning when organizers reveal the winner or winners of the Nobel memorial prize in economics.This post was originally published on this website.

A cap on the number of international students at the five comprehensive Randstad universities will have a significantly negative impact on the Dutch economy. The gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to decline by approximately […]

Picture this: You’re on a Zoom call, Slack is buzzing, three spreadsheets are open and your inbox pings. In that moment of divided attention, you miss the tiny red flag in an email. That’s how […]

Supermarket shoppers across the U.K. are all too familiar with empty shelves when disruption strikes. Whether it was the panic buying of COVID-19, floods affecting deliveries or strikes in distribution centers, the fragility of supply […]

Public-relations professionals call it “getting ahead of the story”—feeding positive spin to the media to blunt the impact of unflattering news to come. Celebrities engage in it; so do companies when, for example, their forthcoming […]

Athlete-owned media is more than a trend; it’s an economic and cultural shift. By creating content and owning their own platforms, athletes are deciding which stories get told, expanding representation and bringing fans closer than […]

Unfair or pointless work tasks are driving more employees to mentally check out, turning to the internet to cope with stress, sleepless nights, and next-day burnout, new research shows.This post was originally published on this […]

A new Journal of Marketing study sheds light on how family size drives differences in education spending. Conducted by researchers Phyllis Xue Wang (Renmin University of China), Ce Liang (City University of Hong Kong), and […]

From Disney’s Scrooge McDuck and Cruella de Vil to DC Comics’ Lex Luthor and Mr. Burns in the Simpsons, there are plenty of examples of wealthy people using their money and power in evil ways. […]