Tag: economy
Coronavirus relief funds could easily pay to stop the worst of...
David L. McCollum, University of Tennessee
CC BY-NDAs of late summer, governments around the world had pledged US$12.2 trillion of relief in response to the...
Changing the Federal Reserve mandate could provide a down payment to...
William M. Rodgers III, Rutgers University
The job of slicing up the economic pie in the U.S. has traditionally fallen to Congress, with the Federal...
Millennials drive for 8% fewer trips than older generations
Tom Lyon, University of Michigan; A. Wren Montgomery, Western University, and Kim Wolske, University of Chicago
CC BY-NDMillennials – typically defined as those born between...
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...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
