When worker performance is monitored through data collection of what we do and how long it takes, productivity increases but perverse incentives result too.
Occasionally, I have asked the UPS man who is always so gracious to wait a moment at my front door while I go to the kitchen. Taking a minute or so, I grab an apple for him. In a Planet Money interview,…
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