The Conversation - Business
Clinical trials that are actually marketing ploys targeting doctors – how seeding trials put profit over patients - Sukhun Kang, University of California, Santa Barbara; Ivan Lin, University of California, Santa Barbara, and Sungyong Chang, Cornell University
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Canada is kicking its US booze habit as trade tensions persist -- Andrew Muhammad, University of Tennessee17 hours ago
Thousands of employed Colorado workers need SNAP benefits to make ends meet -- Jennifer C. Greenfield, University of Denver8 days ago
AI data center boom is leaving consumer electronics short of chips − even though they don't use the same kinds -- Vidya Mani, University of Virginia; Cornell University6 days ago
Supreme Court considers how much states can protect consumers when federal agencies won't -- Sarah J. Morath, Wake Forest University7 days ago
So your new 'co-worker' is an AI agent – here's how to make the best of your human-machine relationship -- Nigel Melville, University of Michigan1 day ago
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What's in the price of a gallon of gas? -- Robert I. Harris, Georgia Institute of Technology7 days ago
War in the Middle East made the case for renewables – what's happening in each country tells a harder story -- Ezgi Canpolat, Harvard University1 month ago
UAE's OPEC exit has been long in the works – and may mark the beginning of a Gulf realignment -- Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, Rice University10 days ago
Global supply chains cause environmental harm, but they can help repair it too -- Minelle Silva, University of Manitoba; Jia Yen Lai, Monash University, and Lee Matthews, University of Nottingham9 days ago
Hormuz closure threatens the global food supply – why grocery price hikes are coming -- Aya S. Chacar, Florida International University1 month ago
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What we lose when artificial intelligence does our shopping -- Mark Bartholomew, University at Buffalo and Samuel Becher, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington14 days ago
Food aid doesn't make people loafers – research shows government benefits help low-income people find jobs -- Claudia Strauss, Pitzer College1 month ago
25 million people lost Medicaid after the COVID-19 pandemic — and state policies shaped who stayed covered -- Aparna Soni, Indiana University24 days ago
Signs of economic instability emerge in Oakland County, one of Michigan's wealthiest -- Grigoris Argeros, Eastern Michigan University and Jordyn Gerwig, Eastern Michigan University16 days ago
Sorry, Tampa Bay, mixed-use districts don't reverse the dismal economics of sports venues -- J.C. Bradbury, Kennesaw State University15 days ago
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Perseverance doesn't always pay off for companies – sometimes it's better to 'fail fast' -- Scott Friend, University of Dayton and Kumar Rakesh Ranjan, EDHEC Business School10 days ago
Hosting the NFL draft is less about weekend beer sales and more about long-term brand value -- Tim Derdenger, Carnegie Mellon University28 days ago
What I learned from analyzing 789 'Shark Tank' pitches: Narcissists get funding if they're not arrogant or defensive -- Paul Sanchez Ruiz, Iowa State University1 month ago
Cannabis legalization spurs innovation, but not always in ways that benefit patients or public health -- Lucy Xiaolu Wang, UMass Amherst and Nathan W. Chan, UMass Amherst24 days ago
Why women in groups face a 'collaboration penalty' that solo female stars like Taylor Swift and Coco Gauff escape -- David Hekman, University of Colorado Boulder and Mallory Decker, University of Colorado Boulder22 days ago
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Workplace relief is coming for employees with symptoms of menstruation, perimenopause and menopause in Philly -- Ann Juliano, Villanova University1 month ago
For the nearly 1 in 4 US adults with chronic pain, employers' expectations of a healthy body can lead to shame -- Beth Schinoff, University of Delaware and Elana Feldman, UMass Lowell1 month ago
Big beautiful refund? 5 tax code changes that may put more money in your pocket -- Jim Franklin, Western Governors University School of Business1 month ago
Family-friendly workplaces are great − but 'families of 1' get ignored -- Peter McGraw, University of Colorado Boulder1 month ago
Denmark's generous child care and parental leave policies erase 80% of the 'motherhood penalty' for working moms -- Alexandra Killewald, University of Michigan3 months ago
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How personal finance advice is getting political, thanks to 'finfluencers' -- Maximilian Brichta, University of Virginia15 days ago
What oil, stocks and bonds are telling us about the Iran conflict and how long it might last -- Daniele D'Alvia, Queen Mary University of London2 months ago
SpaceX and OpenAI IPOs are unlikely to bring skyrocketing returns that Amazon and Apple did, as companies go public later in life and early investors cash out -- Brad Badertscher, University of Notre Dame1 month ago
How polling failures, gambling legalization and political gridlock paved the way for the explosive rise of prediction markets -- Parker Bach, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill1 month 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 University3 months ago
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Trump administration's indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center breaks with norms – and may lack evidence of criminal wrongdoing -- Beth Gazley, Indiana University11 days ago
Why Americans give: New research finds 5 distinct profiles for generosity -- George E. Mitchell, Baruch College, CUNY1 month ago
Gifts from top 50 US philanthropists jumped to $22.4B in 2025 − Mike Bloomberg, Bill Gates and the estate of Paul Allen lead a list of the biggest givers -- David Campbell, Binghamton University, State University of New York; Hans Peter Schmitz, North Carolina State University, and Lindsey McDougle, Rutgers University - Newark1 month ago
With less charitable giving flowing directly to charities, a tax policy scholar suggests some policy fixes -- Ray Madoff, Boston College4 months ago
Getting $750 a month didn't end homelessness – but our study shows it still improved the lives of homeless people -- Benjamin F. Henwood, University of Southern California1 month ago
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Dogs display many traits of great leaders − here are 5 breeds that can be your leadership role models -- Aditya Simha, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater17 hours ago
Why Michael Jackson's daughter, Paris, won't stop 'til she gets enough from his estate -- Reid Kress Weisbord, Rutgers University - Newark and Naomi Cahn, University of Virginia1 month ago
