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The Conversation - Business

Before Venezuela's oil, there were Guatemala's bananas - Aaron Coy Moulton, Stephen F. Austin State University

8 days ago

Why the world's central bankers had to speak up against Trump's attacks on the Fed -- John Hawkins, University of Canberra

8 days ago

DOJ criminal probe highlights risk of Fed losing independence – a central bank scholar explains what's at stake -- Cristina Bodea, Michigan State University

9 days ago

Broncos say their new stadium will be 'privately financed,' but 'private' often still means hundreds of millions in public resources -- Geoffrey Propheter, University of Colorado Denver

9 days ago

Martin Luther King Jr. was ahead of his time in pushing for universal basic income -- Tarah Williams, Allegheny College and Andrew Bloeser, Allegheny College

9 days ago

How rogue nations are capitalizing on gaps in crypto regulation to finance weapons programs -- Nolan Fahrenkopf, University at Albany, State University of New York

1 month ago

Venezuela's oil industry has flailed under government control – Mexico and Brazil have had more success with nationalizing -- Skip York, Rice University

9 days ago

Johannesburg's produce market has supplied the informal sector for decades: a refresh is due -- Marc Wegerif, University of Pretoria

1 month ago

Why Gen Z and millennial consumers feel disillusioned — and how they can drive real change -- Eugene Y. Chan, Toronto Metropolitan University

1 month ago

How the US cut climate-changing emissions while its economy more than doubled -- Valerie Thomas, Georgia Institute of Technology

2 months ago

Three reasons why so many economists disagree with Donald Trump's tariffs -- Luis Angeles, University of Glasgow

2 months ago

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1 year ago

Passing on a family business isn't easy. Here's why – and what factors predict success -- Francesco Chirico, Macquarie University

1 month ago

Elliot Goodell Ugalde, Queen's University, Ontario

1 month ago

A backlash against AI imagery in ads may have begun as brands promote 'human-made' -- Paul Harrison, Deakin University

1 month ago

Global companies are still committing to protect the climate – and they're investing big money in clean tech -- Lily Hsueh, Arizona State University

2 months ago

Chatbots don't judge! Customers prefer robots over humans when it comes to those 'um, you know' purchases -- Jianna Jin, University of Notre Dame

2 months ago

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1 year ago

Best way for employers to support employees with chronic mental illness is by offering flexibility -- Sherry Thatcher, University of Tennessee and Emily Rosado-Solomon, Babson College

1 month ago

You care about fairness at work – so why do you feel like a fake? -- Meg Warren, Western Washington University; John M. LaVelle, University of Minnesota, and Michael T. Warren, Western Washington University

1 month ago

What five years of evidence on hybrid working tells us about the future of employment -- Jane Parry, University of Southampton

1 month ago

Treating love for work like a virtue can backfire on employees and teams -- Mijeong Kwon, Rice University

1 month ago

The future of work — according to Generation Z — is purposeful, digital and flexible -- Eddy Ng, Queen's University, Ontario

1 month ago

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1 year ago

How climate finance to help poor countries became a global shell game -- Shannon Gibson, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

1 month ago

Yes, there is an AI investment bubble – here's how it could end -- Sergi Basco, Universitat de Barcelona

1 month ago

A bold new investment fund aims to channel billions into tropical forest protection -- Jason Gray, University of California, Los Angeles

2 months ago

Customers can become more loyal if their banks solve fraud cases, researchers find -- Vamsi Kanuri, University of Notre Dame

2 months ago

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1 year ago

With less charitable giving flowing directly to charities, a tax policy scholar suggests some policy fixes -- Ray Madoff, Boston College

17 days ago

Donor-advised funds have more money than ever – and direct more of it to politically active charities -- Brian Mittendorf, The Ohio State University and Helen Flannery, University of Vermont

1 month ago

Nonprofit news outlets are often scared that selling ads could jeopardize their tax-exempt status, but IRS records show that's been rare -- Katherine Fink, Pace University

1 month ago

1 in 3 US nonprofits that serve communities lost government funding in early 2025 -- Lewis Faulk, American University and Mirae Kim, George Mason University

2 months ago

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9 months ago

Supreme Court is set to rule on constitutionality of Trump tariffs – but not their wisdom -- Kent Jones, Babson College

5 days ago

China's new condom tax will prove no effective barrier to country's declining fertility rate -- Dudley L. Poston Jr., Texas A&M University

6 days ago

International aid groups are dealing with the pain of slashed USAID funding by cutting staff, localizing and coordinating better -- Sarah Stroup, Middlebury College and Jennifer Hadden, Brown University

15 hours ago