Tag: economy
How one woman pulled off the first consumer boycott – and...
Tom Zoellner, Chapman University
While many companies have trumpeted their support for the Black Lives Matter movement, others are beginning to face consumer pressure for...
Economic policies can induce people to quarantine safely during the pandemic
Roberto Chang, Rutgers University and Andrés Velasco, London School of Economics and Political Science
Recent economic proposals to deal with COVID-19, like those summarized by...
A selective retreat from trade with China makes sense for the...
Amitrajeet A. Batabyal, Rochester Institute of Technology
Trade tensions and mistrust are escalating between the U.S. and China.
Soon after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo...
Could China’s strategic pork reserve be a model for the US?
David L. Ortega, Michigan State University
During the height of the coronavirus pandemic, we became accustomed to face-masked shoppers, social distancing and one-way aisles at...
5 things new graduates should do to plan their careers
Rebecca Cook, Indiana University and Eric D. Johnson, Indiana University
Today’s graduates start their job search with a belief that they should enter their company...
The coronavirus will delay agricultural export surges promised in trade deal...
Wendong Zhang, Iowa State University and Tao Xiong, Huazhong Agricultural University
The novel coronavirus has shocked the world’s economies.
The virus has spread to more than...
The US economy produced about $21.7 trillion in goods and services...
Dan Sichel, Wellesley College
Editor’s note: The Bureau of Economic Analysis reported on Jan. 30 that U.S. Gross Domestic Product climbed to an estimated nominal...
Not all candy is candy – at least for tax purposes
Hayes Holderness, University of Richmond
Halloween shoppers have many delicious decisions to make before trick-or-treaters show up at their doors. And in many states, those...
EXPLORING NATURE
The battle over a global energy transition is on between petro-states...
Jennifer Morgan, Tufts University
Two years ago, countries around the world set a goal of “transitioning away from fossil...
