What is the one trait that makes for a great manager?

Published on October 16, 2025

Booth’s Virginia Minni, Assistant Professor of Economics and Asness Junior Faculty Fellow, discusses what attributes lead to success in top managers, and what habits they often have, including a "knack for reallocating people into just the right roles".  Top managers frequently make large changes, involving moving employees around to perfectly slot them into the right position for personal and company wide success. 

Read the article at the Wall Street Journal website. 

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The curious death of manufacturing productivity: A case of counting in the wrong place?

October 6, 2025
Chad Syverson, the George C. Tiao Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at Booth, in combination with co-authors, explores why manufacturing labor productivity has appeared to slow down, how it can be accounted for, and a common oversight that might lead to better insight to the industry.Read the full article on the Financial Times Website

Chicago Booth Economists Exposes Major Flaws in AI Detection Systems

October 24, 2025
In a recent Forbes article titled, "Students Use ‘AI Humanizer’ Apps To Make ChatGPT Essays Undetectable", Alex Imas, Roger L. and Rachel M. Goetz Professor of Behavioral Science, Economics and Applied AI and Vasilou Faculty Scholar, and Brian Jabarian, Howard and Nancy Marks Fellow and Roman Family Center for Decision Research Principal Researcher, explore faults in AI Detection in education, and