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Finding Your Why at Work: The Economics of Purpose

Can a day of self-reflection improve workplace performance? UChicago economist Virginia Minni reveals findings from a randomized trial involving nearly 3,000 employees who participated in a "Discover Your Purpose" workshop. Minni explains how bottom-up meaning-making creates lasting change, and why helping employees connect their personal purpose to their daily work benefits both human fulfillment and business results. 

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  The Pie, Wrapped: Innovation, Faith, Purpose, and Market Power

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  A Conversation with Roger Myerson: Harmonicas, Xenophon, and Why Your Mayo…

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  Chat2Learn: Using Simple Conversation Prompts to Boost Early Childhood Dev…

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  Human Capital for Humans: An Accessible Introduction to the Economic Scien…

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  Liberalism and the Great Enrichment: Why Ideas, Not Capital, Made the Mode…

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  Economics for Everyone: Teaching the World to Think Like an Economist

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  Economic Cheat Codes: How Game Theory Can Help You Win at Work, Love, and …

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  Moving to Opportunity: Together?

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  The Economics of Early Childhood: Why the First Five Years Matter Most

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  The Law of Unintended Consequences: How Dobbs Changed Contraceptive Choices

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  Stuck: How Housing Regulation Ended America's Mobility Revolution

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  Building Costs vs. Housing Prices: Why Construction Isn't Driving the Cris…

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  Pay Isn’t Everything: How Economists Put a Price on Job Perks

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  Decoding Educational Content: A Computational Comparison Between Public an…