Noncompete agreements boost investment but stifle startups, according to research. ms.spr.ly/6014YKT4q

In our snap judgements of faces, we tend to evaluate men and women very differently. ms.spr.ly/6019YKTUv

What’s happening to US productivity, and is it finally about to turn the corner? ms.spr.ly/6019YKR09

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Researchers analyzed a school-choice program in Los Angeles that gives families some choice of schools within a designated area. ms.spr.ly/6016YJuNu

How can you get into the top 1% of dating profiles?

Emphasize a desire to know the other person, not just for them to know you, research suggests. ms.spr.ly/6017YKzbP

ICYMI: Do you really get more conservative as you age?

Chicago Booth’s Sam Peltzman talks about his research on political ideology. ms.spr.ly/6014YJRRQ

Why do fewer people belong to a church, synagogue, or mosque?

One potential factor is the proliferation of #AI and robotics, according to a team of researchers led by Chicago Booth’s Joshua Conrad Jackson and Kellogg School’s Adam Waytz. ms.spr.ly/6017YJRVz

A variety of data from the Great #Recession shows a significant reduction in death rates, partly because of less air pollution. ms.spr.ly/6017YKzVR

Firms do not typically update their discount rates when inflation expectations change. As a result, expected inflation raises real investment by lowering the real required return to capital.

Chicago Booth's Kilian Huber, Niels J. Gormsen, & Masao Fukui

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People are much more aware of how inflation erodes their savings than how it lowers the real value of debt, according to Chicago Booth’s Michael Weber and co-researchers. #Inflation #Debt Chicago Booth Review

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Pegging the value of stablecoins to traditional #crypto currencies sounds good, but in practice it doesn’t always work, research suggests. ms.spr.ly/6015YKwah

A long-running US survey suggests that conservatives are happier than liberals. ms.spr.ly/6013YJp8D

For consumers, #inflation has an upside. ms.spr.ly/6014YJR3i

#Capitalisnt hosts Bethany McLean and Zingales sit down with James Grant, a market and banking-industry analyst and publisher of GRANT'S, to discuss whether private credit is in the public interest. ms.spr.ly/6017YKzsB

What would banning TikTok mean for the US economy? Economists weigh in. ms.spr.ly/6013YJRkU

Big companies try to impose discipline on spending by setting budgets for everything, but the rules lead to lots of waste. ms.spr.ly/6018YKRIY ms.spr.ly/6017YKRIc

Research suggests the experience of poverty can shape decision-making. ms.spr.ly/6018YKR36

“Our results document the redistributive nature of surprise #inflation across households and provide causal estimates for how individuals adjust behavior following inflation-induced redistribution of wealth.” ms.spr.ly/6015YDxV7

The decisions of companies, governments, and educators will help to shape the ultimate outcomes of the #AI revolution. ms.spr.ly/6012Y8wpA