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What economists get right (and wrong) when they write

In economics, ideas rarely fail because they are wrong. More often, they fail because they are badly introduced, poorly structured, or concluded without conviction. Anyone who has sat through a policy ...
Wired

OpenAI Is Asking Contractors to Upload Work From Past Jobs to Evaluate the Performance of AI Agents

To prepare AI agents for office work, the company is asking contractors to upload projects from past jobs, leaving it to them to strip out confidential and personally identifiable information. OpenAI ...
Waste Today

Southeast Asia has recovered paper examples to consider

Paper recycling consultant Bill Moore says several countries have enacted policies that can boost recovered paper collection rates in nations with developing economies. Industry consultant Bill Moore ...
Rolling Stone

AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don’t Exist — And They’re Being Cited in Real Journals

As the fall semester came to a close, Andrew Heiss, an assistant professor in the Department of Public Management and Policy at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University, ...
Fox Sports

What is Prop Betting? How Prop Bets Work, Types & Examples

This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners. If you sign up or place a wager, FOX Sports may be compensated. Read more about Sports Betting on FOX Sports. A prop bet is a ...
Fast Company

Remote and hybrid workers work less on Fridays. It’s hurting collaboration

I’m a labor economist who studies how technology and organizational change affect productivity and well-being. In a study published in an August 2025 working paper, I found that the way people ...
Poynter

An alarming number of independent publishers and small chains closed papers last year, new Medill study finds

For years, the U.S. has lost more than two newspapers per week on average, thanks, in part, to growing consolidation. But this past year, the majority of closures were papers belonging to smaller ...
Chillicothe Gazette

New owners of Chillicothe paper mill have already begun to work

CHILLICOTHE — After the loss of over 800 employees this year with the closure of the paper mill, the community is now welcoming a new company into the former Pixelle Specialty Solutions plant. U.S ...
Scientific Research Publishing

Brynjolfsson, E., Rock, D., & Syverson, C. (2017). Artificial Intelligence and the Modern Productivity Paradox: A Clash of Expectations and Statistics. NBER Working Paper No. 2400.

ABSTRACT: Over the past decade, Erik Brynjolfsson and Robert Gordon have debated each other over the question of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Productivity Growth, with the former predicting robust ...
Men's Journal

‘The Paper’ Star Domhnall Gleeson Hails Steve Carell’s Work on ‘The Office’ [Exclusive]

Domhnall Gleeson stepped into the lead role of ‘The Paper’ and gave Steve Carell the highest of praise for his performance as Michael Scott on ‘The Office’. However, there’s little question that The ...
Observer

A.I. Is Eroding the ‘Bottom Rungs’ of Career Ladders, Harvard Researchers Warn

The rise of generative A.I. is disrupting entry-level opportunities across industries. Getty Images/Unsplash The mainstream rise of generative A.I. in recent years has fueled concerns that the ...