Paul Krugman wrote a misleading post comparing U.S. wages and productivity growth to Scandinavia without ... [Read More]
Breakdown of Productivity Growth From 1990-2017
This chart shows the breakdown of productivity growth from 1990-2017. ... [Read More]
New Study Claims IQ Predicts Job Performance
A new study claims IQ measurements predict two thirds of job performance—both pay and output. While measures of ... [Read More]
Long Delays in the Implementation of Innovation
AEI’s Jim Pethokoukis summarizes empirical evidence from McKinsey, MIT’s Erik Brynjolfsson et al., and Capital ... [Read More]
Broader Skill Set Reduces Share of Women Pursuing STEM
According to the WSJ, a new study in the journal of Psychological Science using PISA data on a half million ... [Read More]
Some Workers Seek Employers Who Will Push Them Harder
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Calvin Coolidge: Determination, Not Genius, Drives Innovation
A quote from Calvin Coolidge in the WSJ reminded me that lone geniuses unmotivated by money do not drive ... [Read More]
