Tag: investment
Why aren’t companies speeding up investment? A new theory offers an...
David Ikenberry, University of Colorado Boulder
For years, I’ve puzzled over a question that seems to defy common sense:...
A carbon tax on investment income could be more fair and...
Jared Starr, UMass Amherst
About 10 years ago, a very thick book written by a French economist became a...
The ethics of home ownership in an age of growing inequality
Désirée Lim, Penn State
For many Americans today, homeownership is an unattainable dream.
In 2022, the...
What does ESG mean? Two business scholars explain what environmental, social...
Luciana Echazú, University of New Hampshire and Diego C. Nocetti, Clarkson University
Environmental, social and governance business standards and...
Bitcoin: why its value has rocketed once again
Andrew Urquhart, University of Reading
Bitcoin’s journey into mainstream finance has reached another major milestone – and another record...
How to invest if you’re worried a recession is coming
Alexander Kurov, West Virginia University
Although the U.S. economy continues to grow and add jobs, talk of a recession is increasingly in the air due...
How immigrants give American companies a powerful boost against Chinese rivals
Benjamin A.T. Graham, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
The ongoing trade war is the most visible front in...
What’s an index fund?
Jordan Schoenfeld, Georgetown University
The creation of the index fund in 1975 revolutionized investing, lowering costs for millions of ordinary investors.
Their inventor John Bogle died...
EXPLORING NATURE
Children can be systematic problem-solvers at younger ages than psychologists had...
Celeste Kidd, University of California, Berkeley
I’m in a coffee shop when a young child dumps out his mother’s...
