Tag: economy
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...
Why are private prisons controversial? 3 questions answered
John M. Eason, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Editor’s note: Private prisons have long stirred controversy, most recently over their role in housing undocumented immigrants and asylum...
Curious Kids: Why is money green?
Jonah Estess, American University
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer,...
Why would anyone want to sit on a plane for over...
Jay L. Zagorsky, Boston University
Recently Qantas announced plans to conduct test flights from New York and London to Sydney and two other Australian cities.
If...
Removing mini-shampoos from hotel rooms won’t save the environment
Yossi Sheffi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
InterContinental Hotels Group will replace mini-shampoos and conditioners with possibly more efficient bulk products by the year 2021.
But environmental...
How Democrats can win back workers in 2020
Thomas Kochan, MIT Sloan School of Management
Labor unions and the workers they represent were once the heart and soul of the Democratic Party.
The 2016...
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...
