Tag: Inequality
Wealthy Americans know less than they think they do about food...
Sheril Kirshenbaum, Michigan State University and Douglas Buhler, Michigan State University
Socioeconomics play a significant role in attitudes about food – especially concerns about safety...
For many US towns and cities, deciding which streets to name...
Derek H. Alderman, University of Tennessee
More than 1,000 streets in the world bear the name of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
At...
How rich are the rich? If only you knew
Gil B. Manzon Jr., Boston College
“If poor people knew how rich rich people are, there would be riots in the streets.”
Actor and comedian...
How should we decide what to do?
Lori Gruen, Wesleyan University
Most of us are faced with ethical decisions on a regular basis. Some are relatively minor – perhaps your cousin makes...
For richer or poorer: 4 economists ponder what 2018 has in...
Greg Wright, University of California, Merced; Christos Makridis, Stanford University; Patricia Smith, University of Michigan, and William Hauk, University of South Carolina
Editor’s note: We...
Storms hit poorer people harder, from Superstorm Sandy to Hurricane Maria
Chris Sellers, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)
The ferocious “frankenstorm” known as Sandy that ripped through greater New York City five...
Rich American seniors are getting healthier, leaving the poor behind
Matthew A. Davis, University of Michigan and Kenneth Langa, University of Michigan
The U.S. has seen substantial improvements in life expectancy over the past century,...
Every year, millions try to navigate US courts without a lawyer
Lauren Sudeall Lucas, Georgia State University and Darcy Meals, Georgia State University
Judge Richard A. Posner, a legendary judicial figure, retired abruptly earlier this month...
EXPLORING NATURE
Sea level doesn’t rise at the same rate everywhere – we...
Shaina Sadai, Five College Consortium and Ambarish Karmalkar, University of Rhode Island
When polar ice sheets melt, the effects...
