Tag: Wealth
How the rich reacted to the bubonic plague has eerie similarities...
Kathryn McKinley, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
The coronavirus can infect anyone, but recent reporting has shown your socioeconomic status can play a big role,...
Immigrants and some people of color are moving to the suburbs...
Grigoris Argeros, Eastern Michigan University
In the traditional American image of suburbia, the majority of residents are predominately native-born white Americans, living in large single-family...
How millennials are affecting the price of your home
Jimmie Lenz, University of South Carolina
It used to be that everyone wanted to buy a home, seeking pleasure and security, as well as the...
Rise and fall of the landline: 143 years of telephones becoming...
Jay L. Zagorsky, Boston University
The global economy has changed dramatically over the past century and a half.
When I lecture my Boston University business students...
Want to live longer? Consider the ethics
John K. Davis, California State University, Fullerton
Life extension – using science to slow or halt human aging so that people live far longer...
Why universal basic income costs far less than you think
Elizaveta Fouksman, University of Oxford
Want to get rid of poverty, lessen inequality and provide financial stability in a world of precarious work? Well, why...
3 vital ways to measure how much a university education is...
Mark S. Schlissel, University of Michigan; Michael H. Schill, University of Oregon, and Michael V. Drake, The Ohio State University
Editor’s note: Today we begin...
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...
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What does exposure to environmental chemicals mean for our health?
Ivy Shiue, Northumbria University, Newcastle
It is not possible to live in a chemical-free world on Earth. Chemicals are all around us, and some, like...
