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Can China’s development-based social contract withstand unemployment pressures?

South China Morning Post
While the modern party’s legitimacy is based on a growing and diverse range of sources, “performance-based legitimacy” remains a central pillar of stability, as it has for many decades, said Professor Eli Friedman.
Can China’s development-based social contract withstand unemployment pressures?

Reliability of U.S. Economic Data Is in Jeopardy, Study Finds

The New York Times
Erica Groshen, Senior Economics Advisor, is quoted in this piece about economic data.
Reliability of U.S. Economic Data Is in Jeopardy, Study Finds

AI monitoring for productivity can backfire, Cornell researchers find

HR Dive
Research by Associate Professor Emily Zitek shows that artificial intelligence tools that monitor employee behavior and productivity may actually decrease productivity and increase quit rates.
AI monitoring for productivity can backfire, Cornell researchers find

Jane F. McAlevey, Who Empowered Workers Across the Globe, Dies at 59

The New York Times
Kate Bronfenbrenner, director of Labor Education Research, comments on McAlevey’s legacy. “Jane’s charisma and her teaching methods inspired people around the world, especially young people, to use their rank and file power to organize.”
Jane F. McAlevey, Who Empowered Workers Across the Globe, Dies at 59

How I Hacked My Life by Saying Yes to Everything

Wall Street Journal
This reporter's experiment worked because she essentially hijacked her brain’s natural decision-making habits, says Vanessa Bohns, a professor of organizational behavior.
How I Hacked My Life by Saying Yes to Everything

CT lawmakers sustain Lamont's 2024 bill vetoes

CT Public
“I think the reason why unions want it is that it sends a message to workers that the state supports them when they're fighting for a better deal at work,” said Ian Greer, director of the Ithaca Co-Lab.
CT lawmakers sustain Lamont's 2024 bill vetoes

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