I really detest the phrase “merit pay,” in any of its multiple incarnations, mostly because genuine merit has nothing to do with the dangling-carrot incentivizing attached to education policy these ...

In the context of a re-examination of the conceptual and political foundations of merit/demerit goods, this paper attempts to identify how far they might take us in understanding, explaining, and ...

My kids’ school just implemented a program called Catch of the Day, in which teachers hand students fish-shaped slips of paper when they “catch” them in the act of being kind to someone. The kids walk ...

TOKYO, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Japan's top currency diplomat Masato Kanda said a weak yen has both merits and demerits for the economy due to the country's changing export patterns and increasing reliance ...