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Boston Globe
14-04-2025
- Business
- Boston Globe
Social Studies: Unintended consequences of mandatory voting; debate skills in the workplace
Debatable promotions A study led by an MIT professor found that debate training can improve your chances of attaining leadership positions. In an experiment with a Fortune 100 US company, employees were randomly assigned to either nine weeks of debate training or no debate training. Training took place on Saturdays on Zoom for about two hours, including instruction and then debate practice among participants. Over a year later, employees who had received the training were more likely to have earned a promotion, even controlling for their pretraining management level, tenure, gender, and where they were born. The training increased participants' self-reported assertiveness, which appears to explain the effect on promotions. Get The Gavel A weekly SCOTUS explainer newsletter by columnist Kimberly Atkins Stohr. Enter Email Sign Up Lu, J. et al., 'Breaking Ceilings: Debate Training Promotes Leadership Emergence by Increasing Assertiveness,' Journal of Applied Psychology (forthcoming). Advertisement When the saints go marching in According to a recent study, towns in Europe that had stronger religious sentiment — as measured by a long tradition of venerating a saint from early Christianity — were significantly more likely to persecute Jews and/or have witch trials at some point between 1100 and 1850. The good news is that towns that venerated a female saint were less likely to have witch trials. Advertisement Khalil, U. & Panza, L., 'Religion and Persecution,' Journal of Economic Growth (March 2025). Does size matter — for countries? There's no consensus among development experts and policymakers about whether economic development is stronger in countries with large or small populations. A key challenge is that population is itself affected by prior development and related factors. To sidestep this to some degree, a new study looked at countries that gained independence between 1946 and 1975. The study found that the smaller of these countries achieved higher levels and rates of economic development in the post-Cold War era. This is attributed to the fact that these countries had to adopt more-open trade policies and larger public sectors after independence. Open trade was needed because a smaller population can't produce as much for itself, while larger public sectors were the result of a smaller population having to allocate a relatively high percentage of its labor force to staff government. In turn, countries dependent on trade favored institutions like property rights and reliable government, while those with larger public sectors promoted political stability. Bin Khalid, M. & Monroe, S., 'The Blessings of Scarcity: The Cold War Origins of Smaller States' Prosperity,' Perspectives on Politics (forthcoming).
Yahoo
15-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
NYC public advocate questions Mayor Adams' ability to govern
NEW YORK (PIX11) – New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams says Mayor Eric Adams can no longer govern the city 'the way it needs to be governed.' The criticism came Friday after New York Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called for Adams to step down amid controversy over the Department of Justice's call for prosecutors to drop the mayor's federal corruption case. More News: PIX on Politics 'We need a mayor of New York City, not a deputy to the White House,' Williams told PIX on Politics host Dan Mannarino on Friday. Should Adams resign or be removed from office, Williams would serve as the acting mayor until a special election or general election is held. When asked if Adams should resign, Williams questioned the mayor's ability to continue to govern. 'He cannot be the mayor of this city and govern this city the way it needs to be governed,' Williams said. On Friday, Adams released a statement saying he did not trade his authority as mayor to end his criminal case. 'I want to be crystal clear with New Yorkers: I never offered — nor did anyone offer on my behalf — any trade of my authority as your mayor for an end to my case. Never. 'I am solely beholden to the 8.3 million New Yorkers that I represent and I will always put this city first. 'Now, we must put this difficult episode behind us so that trust can be restored, New York can move forward, and we can continue delivering for the people of this city.' Mayor Eric Adams Watch the video player for the full interview. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
