Older data, but interesting nonetheless. Anybody want to update them? The first chart was called “The Scariest Jobs Chart Ever” Pct Job Losses In Post-WWII Recessions (Business Insider) December Employment Report: 155,000 Jobs, 7.8% Unemployment Rate (Calculated Risk) Planet Money…
Simplification and power
It’s easy to say “yes” but hard to say “no”. Why Organizations Are So Afraid to Simplify (HBR)
Wolfers & Stevenson in NYTimes
Wolfers says, “real economics takes account of emotions as well.” Economics of Family Life, as Taught by a Power Couple (NYTimes) Agreed! Later, though, the reporter notes that “Mr. Wolfers has written about the joys of fatherhood [Freakonomics blog, 2011]…
Spring Break plans
renewed running regular research rejuvenated reflection … and a reorganized workspace (clean up the office)
Insights from A.Word.A.Day
It has been said that a pretty face is a passport. But it’s not, it’s a visa, and it runs out fast. – Julie Burchill, writer and journalist (b. 1959) That quote was the Though of the Day at the…
Do our close relatives play similar games?
The literature is huge, but here are two recent results about primates. Do chimpanzees care about fairness? The jury’s out (Not Exactly Rocket Science from National Geographic) Bonobos Share with Strangers First (Scientific American’s 60-Second Science)