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The worst question you could ask women in a job interview
The Washington Post: During a recent talk in Washington, Google’s “people operations” chief Laszlo Bock said something notable about fixing the equal pay conundrum. While he admitted that men tend to negotiate more than women, what he didn’t
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This CEO raised all his employees’ salaries to at least $70,000 by cutting his own
The Washington Post: Dan Price, like a growing number of CEOs in recent months, is raising the minimum wage for his employees. But while the chief executives of companies ranging from Aetna to Gap, Inc. to Wal-Mart are upping their
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Real-Time Data May Be the Best Backseat Driver
New technology is allowing auto insurers to offer insurance models that can use an individual’s real-time driving behavior rather than actuarial tables to help determine their insurance costs. Several major insurance companies now offer Pay-As-You-Drive
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Does money make you mean?
BBC News Magazine: The road along the seafront in Los Angeles is lined with palm trees – skateboarders and dog-walkers stroll along, heading for the beach. And social psychologist Prof Paul Piff is spending the
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The Science Of Why You Should Spend Your Money On Experiences, Not Things
Fast Company’s Co. Exist Most people are in the pursuit of happiness. There are economists who think happiness is the best indicator of the health of a society. We know that money can make you
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The Neurological Pleasures of Fast Fashion
The Atlantic: In wealthy countries around the world, clothes shopping has become a widespread pastime, a powerfully pleasurable and sometimes addictive activity that exists as a constant presence, much like social media. The Internet and
