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Economy

Spotting the political calculus behind some acts of corporate charity

Staff Writer - May 7, 2018

Raymond Fisman, Boston University Over the past few years, I have teamed up with fellow economists Marianne Bertrande, Matilde Bombardini and Francesco Trebbi to look...

Economy

How the new estate tax rules could reduce charitable giving by...

Staff Writer - April 13, 2018

Patrick Rooney, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Congress and the Trump administration scaled back the estate tax when they enacted the new tax law. Although the government...

Business

Just competing in March Madness is a fundraising win for the...

Staff Writer - March 17, 2018

Brad Humphreys, West Virginia University The NCAA men’s basketball championship, better known as March Madness, raises big bucks even if the players aren’t paid. In...

Art

What is March Madness – and the nonprofit that manages the...

Staff Writer - March 13, 2018

Jay L. Zagorsky, The Ohio State University The annual college basketball spectacle known as March Madness has arrived. Millions of people will tune in to...

Economy

How to get more Americans to volunteer

Staff Writer - March 12, 2018

Rebecca Nesbit, University of Georgia and Robert Christensen, Brigham Young University Alexis de Tocqueville, the 19th-century Frenchman fascinated by U.S. life, praised what he saw...

Politics

Most panhandling laws are unconstitutional since there’s no freedom from speech

Staff Writer - March 6, 2018

Joseph W. Mead, Cleveland State University Thousands of U.S. cities restrict panhandling in some way. These ordinances limit face-to-face soliciting, including interactions that occur on...

Economy

This $75 million gift might make higher ed question its obsession...

Staff Writer - February 25, 2018

Peter E. Knox, Case Western Reserve University During his unsuccessful campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, Marco Rubio made the dubious (and grammatically unsound) assertion...