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Self-Esteem Is a Rea |
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| In earlier generations, teachers worried about students mastering skills rather than having high self-esteem. They knew that high self-esteem in the long run was the product of high achievement, not the other way around. But, based on spurious beliefs about what determines human performance, the emphasis of education has changed dramatically over the past two to three decades. |
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Stocks Are Headed Hi |
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| With Social Security reform in the air and the election behind us, all eyes are on the stock market: Will it rise or fall as 2005 unfolds? For one perspective, we can look at what most of the big-name gurus are saying: |
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Enabled by Technolog |
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| In the January 2005 issue of Trends we traced the rapid growth of the real-estate boom in the exurbs. As we explained, according to the U.S. Census, the average commute, measured just one way from home to work, increased by roughly 20 percent from 1980 to 2000, to 25.5 minutes. |
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Science Explores the |
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| Happy employees stay with their employers longer, and generally are more productive than unhappy employees. Happy customers stick with their suppliers longer, and typically buy more. |
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The Search for Meani |
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| If you were to chart the objective indicators of social welfare since World War Two, you would see an across-the-board increase in such objective measures as per-capita income, ��쐒eal��� income, longevity, cars per driver, phone calls per capita, trips taken, highest degree earned, and even IQ scores. The graphs of subjective indicators like personal freedom, women��셲 freedom, and reduction of bias against minority groups would also show steady trends upward. |
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