Tom SpencerThings just escalated LEADERSHIP has been described as the process of social influence in which one person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task (Chemers 1997). From a “theory of leadership” perspective, what is interesting about the Occupy Wall Street movement is the absence of any one […]
Recent improvements in the unemployment rate have come from people dropping out of labour force THE unemployment rate in the US has dipped to its lowest level in more than 2 years (source: NYT). Is this good news? Before answering this question, it would help to understand exactly how the US Bureau of Labor Statistics […]
Monkeys learn to use money – what can we learn? ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR of Economics Keith Chen taught a bunch of monkeys to use money. What he discovered was that not only could the monkeys learn to understand the value of money and how to use it, they were also very good at changing their consumption behaviour […]