AI IS POINTLESS IF IT DOESN´T BOOST PRODUCTIVITY / PROJECT SYNDICATE

AI Is Pointless If It Doesn’t Boost Productivity If all those pushing AI want it to serve society, they should develop a serious, clear, evi...

YOUR BOSS DOESN´T HAVE TIME TO TALK TO YOU / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Your Boss Doesn’t Have Time to Talk to You Amazon wants bigger teams. Bank of America is flattening. Corporate America is shedding managers,...

THE HEROES OF PRODUCTIVITY / PROJECT SYNDICATE

The Heroes of Productivity A new study that followed 8,300 companies in Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States finds that cuttin...

THE GLOBAL ECONOMY´S HIDDEN WEAKNESSES / PROJECT SYNDICATE

The Global Economy’s Hidden Weaknesses The relative calm that has taken hold in the global economy gives policymakers around the world an op...

WHY IS EUROPE LOSING THE PRODUCTIVITY RACE? / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Why Is Europe Losing the Productivity Race? Labor productivity growth in the US has been more than double that of the eurozone for the past ...

WHY ARE LATIN AMERICAN WORKERS SO STRIKINGLY UNPRODUCTIVE / THE ECONOMIST

A land of frustrated workers Why are Latin American workers so strikingly unproductive? Blame education, corruption and a huge shadow econom...

HOW SOON AND AT WHAT HEIGHT WILL CHINA´S ECONOMY PEAK? / THE ECONOMIST

Mountain range How soon and at what height will China’s economy peak? Estimates vary, depending on assumptions about population, productivit...

AMERICA´S WIDENING PRODUCTIVITY GAP / PROJECT SYNDICATE

America’s Widening Productivity Gap Amid labor-supply constraints and economic shocks, the case for productivity-boosting interventions is c...