Just over a year since the pandemic led to shut-downs and stay-at-home orders across the world, the rollout of vaccines and gradual reopening of long-shuttered parts of the economy have many wondering when life will return ...
Social Sciences
May 11, 2021
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Men were more likely to be the spouse with the most knowledge of a couple's finances in 2016 than they were in 1992—especially in wealthy couples, a new study suggests.
Economics & Business
Apr 12, 2021
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The wealth of the world's billionaires reached record heights this year despite the global coronavirus crisis, led by tech, health and industry "innovators and disruptors" like Elon Musk, said a report published Wednesday.
Economics & Business
Oct 7, 2020
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A new University of Washington study of thousands of local rental ads finds a pattern of "racialized language" that can perpetuate neighborhood segregation, using specific terms to describe apartments in different areas of ...
Economics & Business
Aug 27, 2020
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Millions of American homes could become unsellable—or could be sold at significant losses to their senior-citizen owners—between now and 2040, according to new research from the University of Arizona.
Economics & Business
Aug 11, 2020
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Berkeley Haas Professors Nancy Wallace and Richard Stanton were some of the few voices to forewarn of the massive risk posed by shoddy practices in the mortgage industry prior to the 2008 financial crisis.
Economics & Business
Apr 16, 2020
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For many people, especially those who are not wealthy, their home is their most valuable asset. But what happens when a person sells this asset? Are they taxed? If so, how much? A University of Kansas study found that municipal ...
Social Sciences
Apr 2, 2020
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An unprecedented study by EPFL researchers spanning three cities—Geneva, Lisbon and Ljubljana—has revealed how, over the past 40 years, urban cultural policy has blunted the subversive force of counterculture. The change ...
Social Sciences
Mar 11, 2020
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In this season of giving, who is more likely to give and why?
Social Sciences
Dec 19, 2019
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In Dr. Seuss's The Lorax, the Lorax famously said: "I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees. I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues."
Plants & Animals
Jun 7, 2019
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