About 10 years ago, a very thick book written by a French economist became a surprising bestseller. It was called "Capital in the 21st Century." In it, Thomas Piketty traces the history of income and wealth inequality over ...
Economics & Business
Aug 20, 2023
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A new study, led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst, reveals that the wealthiest Americans, those whose income places them in the top 10% of earners, are responsible for 40% of the nation's total greenhouse gas emissions. ...
Environment
Aug 17, 2023
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Inflation is back with a vengeance. Prices of goods and services have risen at rates not seen since the 1980s, slamming households, small businesses, corporations, and governments at all levels. But new research coauthored ...
Economics & Business
Apr 17, 2023
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New research finds that corporate executives are more likely to increase their profits from insider trading when individual state income taxes go up, presumably because the executives are attempting to offset the increased ...
Economics & Business
Jan 9, 2023
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Women employees are facing bigger career challenges than their male colleagues with interruptions to their work-from-home life, according to new research by UConn management professor Nora Madjar.
Economics & Business
Dec 13, 2021
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Multi-business firms have flexibility advantages over single-business rivals because they have the option to redeploy resources across businesses. This flexibility, it has been assumed without empirical evidence, is purported ...
Economics & Business
Jun 28, 2021
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Insider trading grabs headlines, gets the Hollywood treatment and garners plenty of investigations. Yet a far less notorious and scrutinized activity known as "insider giving" similarly damages markets and the broader society ...
Economics & Business
Mar 16, 2021
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From psychological thrillers to true crime stories, people who depart from social norms can be deeply fascinating. Psychopaths most of all.
Social Sciences
Mar 16, 2021
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Is six seconds long enough for an advertisement to woo a potential customer? The corporate executives who place short, "bumper ads" on the video-based social media service, Youtube, think so. Now, research published in the ...
Economics & Business
Jul 8, 2020
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What's the purpose of a business? For a long time, the textbook answer to that question has been purely "to make as much money as possible for its shareholders." But business leaders—who often themselves get huge payouts ...
Economics & Business
Oct 10, 2019
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