The union movement’s problem isn’t that workers don’t want to fight; it’s that they don’t want to lose.

As worker loneliness increases, workplace friendships may be more important than ever, and a key driver of retaining staff

For half a decade we’ve been worrying that ideas are getting harder to find. In fact, they might just be harder to sell. Excerpt : "However if ideas remain as discoverable as ever, but their economic impact is fading, then we need to look downstream from the laboratory. The decline in allocative efficiency should be more of a main focus — we need to throw more of our intellectual capital at understanding how to increase competitiveness and the market potential for innovative

There will be, no doubt, many occupations that we can’t even imagine today. But here are four that seem possible.

Brands trying to wrest greater control of their narratives are asking for ‘storytelling’ skill sets—without a campfire in sight Quick Summary The percentage of U.S. LinkedIn job postings including “storyteller” doubled in the year ended Nov. 26. Executives mentioned “storyteller” or “storytelling” 456 times this year through Dec. 8, up from 359 in 2024. The decline in traditional media, with print newspaper circulation down 70% since 2005, fuels the demand for corporate story

For all its promise, tech risks instilling in students an unthinking yet false understanding of themselves, writes University of Dallas President Jonathan J. Sanford.

More Americans have jobs that didn’t exist a generation ago, and even well-known professions are changing

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For some Gen Z conservatives, H-1B visas are a hot new topic.

Machines that show their work could help overcome inherent distrust

Short-form video is taking over everything (including reading).

The left should be promoting working-class solidarity, not delighting in seeing workers summarily dismissed.

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A new University of Chicago analysis finds that a candidate’s choice of an AI or human interviewer unintentionally signals

More schools are offering company housing to prevent educators from fleeing to cheaper locales. ‘They go to Idaho, they go to Texas.’

With AI taking over their grunt work, lawyers and other professionals may have to charge for outcomes rather than time spent Quick Summary The billable hour, prevalent since the 1960s, is becoming untenable for professional services due to accelerating AI capabilities. AI systems can perform tasks like contract review and document drafting in minutes or seconds, making time-based billing illogical. Alternative pricing models, such as value-based pricing or subscriptions, are

New research from Wharton’s Peter Cappelli reveals how even the slightest mistreatment at work can result in lost productivity.

An engineer for New York Times Games has been trying to teach artificial intelligence to understand wordplay more like a human.