Economy

In the growing gig economy, where a company’s success depends on contractors whose schedules they can’t control, businesses often turn to bonuses to lure and retain these workers. But according to new Cornell-led research, bonuses […]

You might not care very much about the prospect of the AI bubble bursting. Surely it’s just something for the tech bros of Silicon Valley to worry about—or the wealthy investors who have spent billions […]

For decades, governments, banks, hospitals and schools have relied on data tools to decide who is efficient and who is not. However, according to new research from the University of Surrey, many of these rankings […]

The World Economic Forum predicts that it will take more than a century to close the gender pay gap globally, while accountancy firm PwC suggests that today’s 21-year-olds are unlikely to see the gap close […]

Nearly 13% of Australians are exposed to food insecurity, with rural, regional and remote areas disproportionately affected. New research from Edith Cowan University (ECU) has uncovered that while regional and remote food security initiatives are […]

Booms and busts are a recurring feature of modern economics, but when an asset’s value becomes overinflated, a boom quickly becomes a bubble.This post was originally published on this site

Gender equality at work has barely improved over the past ten years, with paid work opportunities held back by women doing the bulk of unpaid work in the home, new research shows.This post was originally […]

With record low housing affordability and more Australians destined for lifelong renting, governments are encouraging more “build-to-rent” housing across Australia.This post was originally published on this site

Let’s be honest, even just writing this sentence has meant engaging with some very basic artificial intelligence (AI) as the computer checks my spelling and grammar.This post was originally published on this site

A pair of George Mason University marketing professors have unpacked the surprisingly intense and complicated emotional consequences of brand inauthenticity.This post was originally published on this site