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"Strikes are most saliently motivated by wage issues and working conditions, and you can't fault workers for that."

More feminine wording had a 'negligible effect on whether women or men inquired about a position."

"Memory is something that can be trained using neuroplasticity, which is the brain's ability to be malleable throughout life."

"For me a geek is somebody who gets obsessed with a hard problem and is willing to embrace unconventional solutions."

Professor post tenure Tom Kochan discusses the UAW strike.

The thornier issue of what and how technology is deployed, Tom Kochan said, is "the frontier of collective bargaining today."

"I think we were at a period of tight labor markets and a growing recognition of workers' desire to have a say in how they work."

"I think they still have another hike in them at some point ... there is still more momentum in underlying inflation than we expected."

Professor David Thesmar recommends reading Gaspard Koenig's "Humus," which he feels perfectly illustrates the moral dilemmas of our time.