Shadow treasurer Chris Bowen said Australian wages growth is at record lows. Is that true?
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The second half of the 20th century saw explosive economic growth and also a huge increase in universities – new research shows the two are related.
Happy employees, whose basic needs are met, are essential to a productive business.
An increasing number of companies have well-being policies, but some can do more harm than good.
Business Briefing: a better to design an office
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Research shows that many building codes don't designate the maximum number of people that should fit in an office, but that's not the only problem with standard office design.
Britain’s central bank governor Mark Carney is like a prize fighter throwing his last, limp punches.
Business Briefing: what to do about low incomes
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Australia needs to increase productivity in different ways because at the moment living standards are low compared to past years.
Work, consume, die. The relentless drive for improvements in our workplaces brings unexpected costs.
A wave of technological innovation has started to fundamentally alter how we make stuff. It signals an era of huge change.
France is introducing a ‘right to disconnect’ law, but it may struggle to get businesses in line.
Schools are focusing on the wrong objective when it comes to using technology in their classrooms. They should focus just as much on how they teach.
Voters will hear a lot about productivity in the lead up to the budget. The key thing to remember is that it’s a very rubbery concept, enormously tricky to measure and highly politicised.
The UK’s productivity problem has the country lagging behind its G7 peers. An overlooked solution is to empower workers.
We need the skills to put big data to use before others leave us behind.
New data shows Australians are spending more on mental health services and with costs to business in the millions, it’s time employers realised good mental health is good for the bottom line too.
A professor of economics reflects on other outbreaks to get to grips with the likely impacts of Zika.
NHS productivity gains have been truly impressive, but are they sustainable?
In the 1950s, Ghana was twice as rich as South Korea. It has since fallen a long way behind.
Getting jobseekers off benefits and into well-paid jobs should be a priority. So why has pace been glacial?
Efforts to fix the UK’s failure to make more stuff and be more profitable focus too far up the chain.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Emeritus Professor of Innovation, University of Technology Sydney
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Laurie Carmichael Distinguished Research Fellow at the Centre for Future Work, Melbourne; and Professor Emeritus, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
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Professor, Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Entrepreneurship, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Bond Business School, Bond University
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Professor of Management, Faculty of Business and Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Senior lecturer, Canberra School of Government, University of Canberra
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Professor of Applied Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Professor of Economics, Monash University
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Chief Executive, Grattan Institute
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Academic Director, Murdoch University
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor, Strategy, Operations and Supply Chain Management, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Lecturer, Graduate School of Business and Law, RMIT University