March 24, 2024
A close look at how we identify the world's happiest countries reveals that happiness ranks could be misleading.
February 10, 2023
Trying to choose among the best places to live, we wind up with disparate global rankings, depending on the criteria.
September 1, 2022
For our annual visit to the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report, we can identify some progress and considerable concern.
April 4, 2022
Reading the 2022 World Happiness Report, I wonder whether its six variables are what we should use to rank happy countries.
March 8, 2022
Looking at women's invisible work, we also see the relatively small amount done by men in most countries and the pay that was foregone.
February 16, 2022
As Covid restrictions and precautions subside and we return to work, we can ask how normal the four day workweek will become.
July 11, 2021
Asking about the 4-day workweek, we can look at the answers from a recent study in Iceland and also at Sweden, Germany, and Italy.
April 6, 2021
In its annual Global Gender Gap Report, the World Economic Forum looks within countries to quantify gender parity.
December 3, 2019
When global warming causes fish migration, the impact involves much more than species survival, nutrition, and ocean temperatures.
May 5, 2017
Because the ranking depends on our variables and their definitions, measuring the global gender gap can have surprising results.