The College of Human Ecology's Laura Tach and her co-authors must have trustworthy faces. Working-poor recipients of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) in Boston divulged things they'd never tell the Internal Revenue Service ...
Social Sciences
Feb 6, 2015
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The probability of saving money by using solar energy rather than standard grid electricity is 92 percent for Indiana farm businesses and about 50 percent for homes, Purdue University energy economists find.
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 5, 2015
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A major new report, entitled 'Social Policy in a Cold Climate,' finds it is the poor, not the rich, who have carried the burden of austerity.
Social Sciences
Jan 27, 2015
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Drivers trying to calculate whether it's practical to own an electric car are facing a new math.
Energy & Green Tech
Jan 21, 2015
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With the introduction of an affordable electric car that can go 200 miles on a single charge, General Motors sets up a showdown with Tesla to sell an electric vehicle to the masses. It may also upstage a car of its own.
Energy & Green Tech
Jan 12, 2015
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The White House has called for policy change to ensure that "no one who works full-time should have to live in poverty." But a new report from the National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) at Columbia University's Mailman ...
Social Sciences
Nov 11, 2014
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According to researchers Professor Norman Gemmell, Victoria's Chair in Public Finance, Honours student Athene Laws and Omar Aziz, from New Zealand Treasury and Harvard University, this has the effect of reducing income inequality ...
Social Sciences
Nov 11, 2014
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Owners of electric vehicles have already gone gas-free. Now, a growing number are powering their cars with sunlight.
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 28, 2014
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Federal investigators say the IRS and the states should improve how they protect the security of confidential tax information of people getting benefits under the 2010 health care law.
Security
Oct 23, 2014
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SolarCity will begin offering loans to homeowners for solar systems, a move that industry analysts say could reshape the market for rooftop solar and propel its rapid adoption.
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 8, 2014
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