A new study finds that by 2030, less than one-third of the world’s major crop harvests will go directly to feed people.
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Routines can be powerful tools to help people build a ‘new normal’ as pandemic restrictions lift. Routines can support creativity, boost health and provide meaningful activities and opportunities.
Getting on well with your work mates will improve your domestic partnership.
Small businesses are less productive, less innovative and pay staff less than big ones, and even before the pandemic they were shedding jobs.
Elite employers have created an atmosphere where workers constantly seek to be as busy as possible. Families are often the first casualty of this culture.
A new study faults a well-established concept that informs land-use policies in developing countries.
Scotland, Ireland and Spain are among those trialling four-day weeks, but they’re not living in the real world.
‘Hustle culture’ is so pervasive in U.S. society that not even the coronavirus pandemic could shake the urge to prioritize productivity.
Only five of the 56 economists surveyed believed lower immigration would boost wage growth. The rest backed measures to lift productivity and investment and changes that boosted the power of unions.
A parliamentary inquiry is looking into how to improve literacy levels among Australian adults. But the government can act now to make some information and services more accessible.
What we want from our working environment in future needs to be explored now so that the needs of employees and employers are equally and fairly considered.
Productivity was meant to be growing faster and faster. It’s growing slower and slower.
The ethics of idleness have been debated for thousands of years.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution failed to deliver; it’s time that we put our faith once again in hard science.
Assessing around 500 of the composer’s correspondence, we are able to see how a rise in sadness and other negative emotions resulted in increased creative productivity.
From setting passwords to cultivating patience, a mindful approach to virtual working, studying and socializing can make life online manageable.
Five tips for greater employee satisfaction and productivity.
Changes to working life created by COVID-19 give employers an opportunity to embrace a caregiver-friendly work culture, supporting the millions of Canadians who juggle employment and informal caring.
Australia’s living standards have remained remarkably stable compared to those of other countries. Losing access to China wouldn’t change that much.
A conservative estimate of the productivity gains from working from home suggests they’re bigger than all of the reforms of the 1990s combined.
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Professor, Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Emeritus Professor & UTS innovation adviser, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor Emeritus, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
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Professor of Management, Faculty of Business and Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Productivity Growth Program Director, Grattan Institute
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Associate Professor, Operations and Supply Chain Management, University of Technology Sydney
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Academic Director, Executive MBA Programs, Melbourne Business School
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Director and Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute (ACRI), University of Technology Sydney
