Tag: productivity
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‘Great Decoupling’ of Wages and Productivity Driven by New Technology
Huffington Post: 'Great Decoupling' of Wages and Productivity Driven by New Technology Interesting chart.
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Business and Management Links
1. The 10 Worst Things Bosses (And Employees) Can Say 1. You’re fortunate we gave you a job. Few companies would have the patience and time to invest in you. Don’t make your employees feel like burdens. Encourage them to be better, but don’t condemn them for their shortcomings. 2. You look really good for your…
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Thoughts on the “The Limits to Panic”
Forty-one years after the publication of the infamous Limits to Growth, Bjorn Lomborg offers this excellent piece, The Limits to Panic: … But the report's fundamental legacy remains: we have inherited a tendency to obsess over misguided remedies for largely trivial problems, while often ignoring big problems and sensible remedies. In the early 1970's, the…
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The Insourcing Boom
Atlantic: The Insourcing Boom After years of offshore production, General Electric is moving much of its far-flung appliance-manufacturing operations back home. It is not alone. An exploration of the startling, sustainable, just-getting-started return of industry to the United States. … What has happened? Just five years ago, not to mention 10 or 20 years ago, the…
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Bono, Capitalism, and Foreign Aid
Forbes had an interesting article about Bono, Bono's 'Humbling' Realizations About Aid, Capitalism And Nerds last week. Bono has learned much about music over more than three decades with U2. But alongside that has been a lifelong lesson in campaigning — the activist for poverty reduction in Africa spoke frankly on Friday about how his views…
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What is the Economic Question?
What is the principal question economics seeks to answer? That question to be answered has changed over time as the world economy has evolved. It is morphing even now. I recently finished James Halteman and Edd Noell's excellent new book Reckoning with Markets: Moral Reflection in Economics. I like the following historical summary they offered…
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Productivity and Grace: Management and Labor at a Denver Manufacturer
Christianity Today: Productivity and Grace: Management and Labor at a Denver Manufacturer Steve Hill and Jim Howey's leadership style is unusual in an industry known for top-down hierarchies. There's a simple reason why manual laborers are called "blue-collar": The color blue, it turns out, hides dirt better than the white seen in office buildings. But…