Shoppers are less peeved by cost hikes due to scarcity – but retailers more often blame their own rising costs - Hoorsana Damavandi, University of Tennessee; Kersi D. Antia, Ivey Business School, and Praveen K. Kopalle, Dartmouth College

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Making the Fed more accountable to Congress and the public may be just what it needs to fend off Trump's threats to its independence -- Simon Bowmaker, New York University and Paul Wachtel, New York University

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Labor votes: Discontent will accompany blue‑collar voters to the polls in the midterms -- Robert Forrant, UMass Lowell

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US-Canada trade war deepens as Trump revives Depression-era trade tool – what's at stake for consumers and the midterms -- Kent Jones, Babson College

13 days ago

Legal wrangling over $12.5B Lakers sale shows how family trusts don't guarantee a business stays in the family -- Reid Kress Weisbord, Rutgers University - Newark and Naomi Cahn, University of Virginia

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Changes to Facebook and Instagram are key part of Meta's $17B settlement with the states over harm to teens -- Carolina Rossini, UMass Amherst

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Oil shortages escalate from wars in Iran and Ukraine, with few signs of relief -- Amy Myers Jaffe, New York University; Tufts University

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Emerging Houthi–Al-Shabaab co-operation and the growing threat to Red Sea shipping -- Brendon Novel, Université de Montréal

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What's in the price of a gallon of gas? -- Robert I. Harris, Georgia Institute of Technology

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War in the Middle East made the case for renewables – what's happening in each country tells a harder story -- Ezgi Canpolat, Harvard University

5 months ago

UAE's OPEC exit has been long in the works – and may mark the beginning of a Gulf realignment -- Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, Rice University

4 months ago

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Why the US-Canada trade war could change how American farmers grow their crops for years -- Jayash Paudel, University of Oklahoma

14 days ago

Trump's 'forever' tariffs are kicking in for the long haul – and US consumers are footing the bill -- Kent Jones, Babson College

21 days ago

As oil profits skyrocket, calls for windfall taxes rise -- Tibor Besedeš, Georgia Institute of Technology

28 days ago

Affordable housing often costs more to build than market-rate housing – Colorado is closing the gap -- Solomon Greene, University of Denver

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How new SNAP restrictions could hit Greater Pittsburgh's food access and economy -- Amelia B. Finaret, Allegheny College

29 days ago

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Florida's proposed property tax amendment will require trade-offs – and some residents could end up with higher costs -- Abigail Hall, University of Tampa

1 month ago

There's a business case for companies to embrace sustainability – if it's pitched the right way -- Israa Ameen Thiab, Rochester Institute of Technology and Clyde Eiríkur Hull, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Starbucks' big marketing blunder in South Korea shows how cultural blind spots can put global brands in a bind -- Karen Stollznow, University of Colorado Boulder; Griffith University

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Why employers still place a premium on people skills, not AI, when they make hiring decisions -- Murugan Anandarajan, Drexel University and Cuneyt Gozu, Drexel University

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AI data center boom is leaving consumer electronics short of chips − even though they don't use the same kinds -- Vidya Mani, University of Virginia; Cornell University

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2 years ago

I surveyed workers to see if AI had caused job losses and was surprised by the findings -- Jeffrey C. Dixon, College of the Holy Cross

14 days ago

The typical gig worker is changing – and struggling more than ever to make ends meet -- Jacob Lederman, University of Michigan Flint

30 days ago

Layoffs tied to AI hurt worker productivity – and the reason may surprise managers -- Mark Ma, University of Pittsburgh

29 days ago

Why working-class people account for around 1% of lawmakers in the US – and only 2% in the average democracy around the world -- Noam Lupu, Vanderbilt University and Nicholas Carnes, Duke University

20 days ago

Concierges, adjunct professors, potato chip tasters: US employers are relying more and more on 'disposable' workers -- Paul Osterman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

28 days ago

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Personal bankruptcy filings are soaring in 2026, signaling growing economic distress -- Jay L. Zagorsky, Boston University

22 days ago

Trump administration is withholding more than $1B in Medicaid funds from California and Minnesota, in latest example of weaponizing real and imagined fraud -- Ben Zdencanovic, University of Cambridge

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What are Trump Accounts for? They are more likely to help newborns start building nest eggs than help pay for their college education -- Jay L. Zagorsky, Boston University

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Got money questions? How to get chatbots to give you accurate answers -- Pawan Jain, University of Michigan Flint

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Your bank's AI just blocked your payment – what can you do? -- Pragati Awasthi, Drexel University

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Is it illegal for the president to spend 'patriotic' donations on a White House ballroom or anything else? -- Ellen P. Aprill, University of California, Los Angeles

16 days ago

Trump administration's Freedom 250 organization allegedly misdirected donors away from bipartisan America250 charity -- Sarah Webber, University of Dayton

1 month ago

Foundations can outlive their charitable missions – and that's a problem -- Thomas Adam, University of Arkansas

1 month ago

A little-remembered Gilded Age millionaire helped make milk safe for American kids through his 'retail giving' -- Leslie Lenkowsky, Indiana University

28 days ago

Nonprofit fraud: Amid high-profile prosecutions, an accountant explains what's really going on -- Sarah Webber, University of Dayton

3 months ago

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Why you seriously need to stop trying to be funny at work -- Peter McGraw, University of Colorado Boulder; Adam Barsky, The University of Melbourne, and Caleb Warren, University of Arizona

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2026's El Niño is shaping up to be a doozy – it's already affecting global shipping, fish behavior and heat -- Steven Paton, Smithsonian Institution

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Have we forgotten the true meaning of Labor Day? -- Jay L. Zagorsky, Boston University

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