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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Valentine's Day brings images of flowers, chocolates and gifts in all shapes and sizes from the ones we love. And today's social norms encourage many of us to share our happiness (and images of our gifts) on social media. ...
Social Sciences
Feb 10, 2021
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There is a considerable gap in our current understanding of gift-giving because much of what has been studied has focused on gift-giving as an affair between just two consumers—a single giver and a recipient. Little is ...
Economics & Business
Feb 1, 2021
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With the global student community taking online courses as a result of the anti-Covid-19 measures, a study led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE) reveals that online courses deepen inequalities between gifted and less gifted ...
Education
Jan 19, 2021
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In Netflix hit "The Queen's Gambit," we see young orphan Beth Harmon discover her talent for competitive chess. During a game played in the orphanage basement, Harmon's chess tutor, the janitor, tells the nine-year-old: ...
Other
Dec 21, 2020
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Here's a good way to make sure a friend hates a gift from you: Say it will save him money.
Economics & Business
Jul 13, 2020
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By Labor Day, most K-12 students will have been away from their physical classrooms for more than 25 weeks due to COVID-19-related closures, and it's still unknown when schools will reopen their doors. The true extent of ...
Education
Jun 10, 2020
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Charities can now begin accessing millions of pounds more in donations thanks to a small shift in how people can donate.
Economics & Business
Jun 1, 2020
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There's always one on the list—the person who has everything and is notoriously hard to please. That person has likely also received some terrible gimmicky gift, just so that they have something to unwrap.
Environment
Dec 17, 2019
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They say appearances can be deceiving. In the case of gift giving, they might be right.
Economics & Business
Dec 17, 2019
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