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How can you get ahead in your career and still enjoy the ride?This post was originally published on this site

Physicist Albert Einstein famously posited that if he only had an hour to crack a daunting problem, he’d devote 55 minutes to understanding it and only five minutes to crafting a solution. Einstein believed that […]

In the face of Australia’s housing crisis and current cost-of-living pressures, young people today continue to miss out on housing opportunities earlier generations could largely grasp.This post was originally published on this site

A model study now explores how carbon pricing with redistribution can help the energy transition and the climate worldwide, while increasing welfare and reducing economic inequality—which is important for enforceability.This post was originally published on […]

Study hard, get your degree, and then step confidently into a stable, well-paid job. That’s long been the assumption about how to secure a livelihood: in neat, predictable stages. But it is increasingly out of […]

Climate change is a major economic threat. With a new model, economist Andrea Titton shows how climate disasters can disrupt supply chains, how climate tipping points may cost trillions each year, and how international fairness […]

Public transport infrastructure can be deeply political. A new cycle lane appears in a neighborhood, and suddenly the letters page of the local paper is full. A plan to pedestrianize a city center street sparks […]

A new study published in the Journal of Management Studies uncovers how top executives rise to celebrity status on social media—and why it matters for business and beyond.This post was originally published on this site

Long shifts, irregular working hours, high time pressure, and social isolation: the work of freight train drivers is both physically and mentally demanding. A better understanding of the specific work-related stresses faced by freight train […]

When it comes to motivating employees, new research from the University of South Florida finds frontline workers, such as cashiers and retail clerks, value perks like food and outings far more than health benefits or […]