Great Resignation Isn’t Slowing and May Persist, Randstad Says
WFH forever? Two years into a work-from-home revolution, some may never return to the office
26 million people in lockdown after thousands of asymptomatic cases detected in Shanghai
A comment on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposed rule “Share Repurchase Disclosure Modernization”, aka stock buybacks
How Compulsive Conformity Can Get People Killed:.
Everybody needs to learn about the dynamics of conformity. Blatant censorship, hostility to free speech, and campaigns to demonize mainstream American views were all unthinkable scenarios for most Americans just a few years ago.
Formative experiences matter over long periods of time
Formative experiences shape behavior for decades. We document a striking feature about those who came of driving age during the oil crises of the 1970s—they drive less in the year 2000. The effect is not specific to these cohorts; price variation over time and across states indicates that gasoline price changes between ages 15–18 generally shift later-life travel behavior. Effects are not explained by recessions, income, or costly skill acquisition and are inconsistent with recency bias, mental plasticity, and standard habit-formation models. Instead, they likely reflect formation of preferences for driving or persistent changes in its perceived cost.
That is from a newly published paper (AEA gate) by Christopher Severen and Arthur A. van Benthem.
People are desperate to return to life as normal, but the rising number of infections is a reminder that this pandemic isn’t over
Why is the UK seeing near-record Covid cases? We still believe the three big myths about Omicron
Guardian. And by “myths” we mean lies.
Never Had Covid? You May Hold Key To Beating the Virus Bloomberg. GM commments: “We’re back to the early 19th century and spontaneous generation — the virus is magically appearing in people’s noses and cannot be stopped in any way other than by ‘immunity.’ But in fact, yes, I indeed do hold the key to beating the virus — I masked and social distanced ultra-hard and called for Chinese-style lockdown.”
