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The Conversation - Business

Trump administration's attempt to nix the labor rights of thousands of federal workers on 'national security' grounds furthers the GOP's long-held anti-union agenda - Bob Bussel, University of Oregon

1 day ago

Trump's first 100 days: economic uncertainty spikes while the president's approval ratings tank -- Steve Schifferes, City St George's, University of London

1 day ago

From Doing Business to B-READY: World Bank's new rankings represent a rebrand, not a revamp -- Fernanda G Nicola, American University and Dhaisy Paredes Guzman, American University

4 days ago

Trump's tariffs: poor workers in countries like Cambodia will be among the biggest losers -- Sabina Lawreniuk, University of Nottingham

1 day ago

Low effort, high visibility: what bumper stickers say about our values and identity -- Paul Harrison, Deakin University

7 days ago

Trump's attacks on central bank threaten its independence − and that isn't good news for sound economic stewardship (or battling inflation) -- Cristina Bodea, Michigan State University and Ana Carolina Garriga, University of Essex

6 days ago

200 years ago, France extorted Haiti in one of history's greatest heists – and Haitians want reparations -- Marlene L. Daut, Yale University

8 days ago

Tourists are cancelling trips to the US – here's how this could affect its economy -- Ross Bennett-Cook, Leeds Beckett University

26 days ago

U.S. tariffs are about to trigger the greatest trade diversion the world has ever seen -- Wolfgang Alschner, L'Université d'Ottawa/University of Ottawa

15 days ago

Trump's 'Liberation Day' tariffs are the highest in decades − an economist explains how that could hurt the US -- Bedassa Tadesse, University of Minnesota Duluth

26 days ago

What Trump could learn from the British and Irish trade war of the 1930s -- Richard Carr, Anglia Ruskin University

1 month ago

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3 months ago

Trouble at Tesla and protests against Trump's tariffs suggest consumer boycotts are starting to bite -- Erin O'Brien, Griffith University and Justine Coneybeer, Griffith University

1 month ago

We analyzed racial justice statements from the 500 largest US companies and found that DEI officials really did have an influence -- Donald T. Tomaskovic-Devey, UMass Amherst; Jorge Quesada Velazco, UMass Amherst, and Kevin L. Young, UMass Amherst

1 month ago

Aviation safety isn't just about pilot skill — it also comes down to corporate decision-making -- Thomas Walker, Concordia University and Hamed Khadivar, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)

1 month ago

Identifying brands as Black-owned can pay off for businesses -- Oren Reshef, Washington University in St. Louis; Abhay Aneja, University of California, Berkeley, and Michael Luca, Johns Hopkins University

2 months ago

The dangers of 'Jekyll and Hyde leadership': Why making amends after workplace abuse can hurt more than it helps -- John Sumanth, Wake Forest University; Haoying Xu, Stevens Institute of Technology; Sean Hannah, Wake Forest University, and Sherry Moss, Wake Forest University

2 months ago

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9 months ago

Bureaucrats get a bad rap, but they deserve more credit − a sociologist of work explains why -- Michel Anteby, Boston University

1 day ago

US workers with remote-friendly jobs are still working from home nearly half the time, 5 years after the pandemic began -- Radostina Purvanova, Drake University and Alanah Mitchell, Drake University

1 month ago

People with dementia could stay in the workplace longer – with the right tech -- James Fletcher, University of Bath and Olivia Brown, University of Bath

26 days ago

Anger is a flow of emotion like water through a hose − at work, it helps to know when to turn it up or down and how to direct it -- Laura Rees, Oregon State University and Ray Friedman, Vanderbilt University

1 month ago

Managers can help their Gen Z employees unlock the power of meaningful work − here's how -- Kelly Kennedy, Ed.D., University of Connecticut and Cathleen Swody, Ph.D., University of Connecticut

2 months ago

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9 months ago

African countries shouldn't have to borrow money to fix climate damage they never caused – economist -- Carlos Lopes, University of Cape Town

5 months ago

Rating agencies and Africa: the absence of people on the ground contributes to bias against the continent – analyst -- Misheck Mutize, University of Cape Town

7 months ago

What are halal mortgages? -- Shariq Siddiqui, Indiana University

7 months ago

No credit score? A grocery list could be the next best thing -- Joonhyuk Yang, University of Notre Dame and Jung Youn Lee, Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University

4 months ago

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8 months ago

Endowments aren't blank checks – but universities can rely on them more heavily in turbulent times -- Ellen P. Aprill, University of California, Los Angeles

8 days ago

With federal funding in question, artists can navigate a perilous future by looking to the past -- Johanna K. Taylor, Arizona State University and Mary McAvoy, Arizona State University

8 days ago

Gifts from top 50 US philanthropists rebounded to $16B in 2024 − Mike Bloomberg; Reed Hastings and Patty Quillin; and Michael and Susan Dell lead the list of biggest givers -- David Campbell, Binghamton University, State University of New York; Lindsey McDougle, Rutgers University - Newark, and Susan Appe, University at Albany, State University of New York

1 month ago

Nonprofits that provide shelter for homeless people, disaster recovery help, and food for low-income Americans rely heavily on federal funding – they would be reeling if Trump froze that money -- Dyana Mason, University of Oregon and Mirae Kim, George Mason University

2 months ago

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25 days ago

US universities lose millions of dollars chasing patents, research shows -- Joshua M. Pearce, Western University

4 days ago

What does 2025 hold for interest rates, inflation and the American consumer? -- D. Brian Blank, Mississippi State University and Brandy Hadley, Appalachian State University

3 months ago

Does the US have a planned economy? You might be surprised -- Daniel Pellathy, University of Tennessee

3 months ago

Why a psychopath wouldn't hesitate to cause another global financial crisis – if there was something in it for them -- Clive Roland Boddy, Anglia Ruskin University

8 days ago