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Northeastern Associate Professor of Economics Mindy Marks. Credit: Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University Social attitudes toward dating may be a factor driving interest in polyamory, but economic forces could also be playing a role, says Mindy Marks, associate professor of economics at Northeastern University. Recent news coverage of polyamory has…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has scheduled its first Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting with Yemi Cardoso as Governor for Monday and Tuesday.Some economic experts have projected that the benchmark interest rate known as the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) would most likely be tightened to rein in inflation and check further depreciation of the Naira. . The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the last meeting of the MPC was held in July 2023, and was presided over by the then-acting CBN governor,…

“The British,” the economist Ashok Mitra told the poet Dom Moraes during a conversation, “imposed a unified administration on an area they called India. When they left, we thought we’d continue the colonial experiment, but we called it a democracy.” The magnitude of contradictions that make up both the concept and reality of India has always been the stuff of legend, but Mitra’s comment is more radical than that – it points to the fragility of democracy in this nation. A riot in Shahdara, Delhi, on 20 August…

David Schindler. Credit: Tilburg University Many companies pay out bonuses at the end of January. Economist David Schindler investigated whether bonuses work in modern work environments, where teams have to solve complex problems together. His main conclusion is bonuses are very effective and improve performance in this setting by facilitating the emergence of leadership. …

A year ago, many economists were predicting a recession in 2023. It didn’t happen, and inflation has fallen sharply. The consensus outlook is a bit rosier, arguing that 2024 will also avoid a downturn. But a recession delayed is not one denied, economist Elliot Eisenberg argued before a large crowd of Denver area real estate agents gathered Thursday morning for the Denver Metro Association of Realtors Economic Summit. “Nothing is awful, but I do think that we get a recession,” said Eisenberg, who doubled down after his…

In a recent project undertaken for the Colombian government, for instance, the Natural Capital Project assisted in establishing a conservation plan for the Caribbean Gulf of Morrosquillo and its hinterlands. The region’s Rio Sinú is an essential source of drinking water for many downstream communities but also originates in an area that depends upon logging, ranching, and agriculture for its financial security. Using InVEST, Daily and her team were able to determine the actual cost of silt deposition in the river,…

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Credit: Polina Tankilevitch from Pexels Corporate America has heard the warnings: Generation Z is going to turn workplaces upside down with their competitive nature and demand for remote work. While the oldest Gen Zers have been in the workforce for less than a decade, there are dozens of books geared toward helping leaders successfully manage them. And don't forget entitled millennials, independent, aloof Gen Xers, and…

President Biden’s pick for the Federal Reserve’s board has focused on the labor market and social policy. President Biden’s pick for the Federal Reserve’s board has focused on the labor market and social policy. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their authors. If you…

Microsoft chief economist Michael Schwarz on Wednesday warned the potential risk of “bad actors” using artificial intelligence (AI) should be more concerning than the possible loss of human jobs to the rapidly emerging tech.  “I’m quite confident that, yes, AI will be used by bad actors. And yes, it will cause real damage,” Schwarz said at an event hosted by the Word Economic Forum, adding, “And yes, we have to be very careful and very vigilant to avoid that by all means possible.” “We have to put…