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The Conversation - Business

You're probably richer than you think because of the safety net – but you'd have more of that hidden wealth if you lived in Norway - Robert Manduca, University of Michigan

3 days ago

NCAA will pay its current and former athletes in an agreement that will transform college sports -- Joshua Lens, University of Iowa

3 days ago

Young food entrepreneurs are changing the face of rural America -- Dawn Thilmany, Colorado State University

18 days ago

Lifecycle of a research grant – behind the scenes of the system that funds science -- Kelly S. Mix, University of Maryland

8 days ago

US safety net helps protect children from abuse and neglect, and some of those programs are threatened by proposed budget cuts -- Todd Herrenkohl, University of Michigan; Kathryn Maguire-Jack, University of Michigan, and Rebeccah Sokol, University of Michigan

22 days ago

Could a bold anti-poverty experiment from the 1960s inspire a new era in housing justice? -- Deyanira Nevárez Martínez, Michigan State University

18 days ago

If you really want to close the US trade deficit, try boosting innovation in rural manufacturing -- Amitrajeet A. Batabyal, Rochester Institute of Technology

1 month 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

1 month ago

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

1 month ago

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

2 months ago

Cutting HIV aid means undercutting US foreign and economic interests − Nigeria shows the human costs -- Kathryn Rhine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

25 days ago

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4 months ago

Public health and private equity: What the Walgreens buyout could mean for the future of pharmacy care -- Patrick Aguilar, Washington University in St. Louis and Peter Boumgarden, Washington University in St. Louis

17 days ago

Americans still have faith in local news − but few are willing to pay for it -- Jennifer Hoewe, Purdue University

5 days ago

US solar manufacturers lag skyrocketing market demand -- Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti, University of Michigan

18 days ago

Digital clones of real models are revolutionizing fashion advertising -- Luana Carcano, Simon Fraser University

1 month ago

Keep calm and carry on buying: how Ukrainian consumers are hitting back at Russia -- Cristina Galalae, The Open University; Eva Kipnis, University of Bradford, and Nataliia Pysarenko, University of Exeter

1 month ago

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11 months ago

Air traffic controller shortages in Newark and other airports partly reflect long, intense training − but university-based training programs are becoming part of the solution -- Melanie Dickman, The Ohio State University and Brian Strzempkowski, The Ohio State University

18 days ago

Work requirements are better at blocking benefits for low-income people than they are at helping those folks find jobs -- Anne Whitesell, Miami University

18 days ago

The one-size-fits-all diversity training model is broken – here's a better alternative -- Radostina Purvanova, Drake University

25 days ago

I'm a business professor who asked dozens of former students how they define success. Here are their lessons for today's grads -- Patrick Abouchalache, Boston University

1 month ago

Why people with autism struggle to get hired − and how businesses can help by changing how they look at job interviews -- Cindi May, College of Charleston

1 month ago

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11 months ago

Decentralized finance is booming − and so are the security risks. My team surveyed nearly 500 crypto investors and uncovered the most common mistakes -- Mingyi Liu, Georgia Institute of Technology

1 month ago

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

7 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

9 months ago

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

8 months ago

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9 months ago

AmeriCorps is on the chopping block – despite research showing that the national service agency is making a difference in local communities -- Pamela Paxton, The University of Texas at Austin

5 days ago

Nonprofit news media leaders are struggling to stop leaning on the foundations that say they should branch out more -- Katherine Fink, Pace University

25 days ago

Can Trump strip Harvard of its charitable status? Scholars of nonprofit law and accounting describe the obstacles in his way -- Philip Hackney, University of Pittsburgh and Brian Mittendorf, The Ohio State University

1 month 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

1 month ago

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2 months ago

Supreme Court ignores precedent instead of overruling it in allowing president to fire officials whom Congress tried to make independent -- Claire B. Wofford, College of Charleston

1 day ago

If people stopped having babies, how long would it be before humans were all gone? -- Michael A. Little, Binghamton University, State University of New York

4 days ago

Trump–Xi call boosts Chinese president's tough man image — and may have handed him the upper hand in future talks -- Linggong Kong, Auburn University

4 days ago

'The Eternal Queen of Asian Pop' sings one last encore from beyond the grave -- Xianda Huang, University of California, Los Angeles

5 days ago

Where is the center of the universe? -- Rob Coyne, University of Rhode Island

3 days ago

US Army's image of power and flag-waving rings false to Gen Z weary of gun violence − and long-term recruitment numbers show it -- Jacob Ware, Georgetown University

5 hours ago