Page Updated: Monday, December 22, 2025 3:59 AM ET

The Conversation - Business

How to reduce gift-giving stress with your kids – a child psychologist's tips for making magic and avoiding tears - Angela J. Narayan, University of Denver

2 days ago

Resolve to stop punching the clock: Why you might be able to change when and how long you work -- Jennifer Tosti-Kharas, Babson College and Christopher Wong Michaelson, University of St. Thomas

2 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

2 days ago

The US already faces a health care workforce shortage – immigration policy could make it worse -- Bedassa Tadesse, University of Minnesota Duluth

4 days ago

Tariffs 101: What they are, who pays them, and why they matter now -- Kent Jones, Babson College

9 days ago

Time banks could ease the burden of elder care and promote connection -- Chao Guo, University of Pennsylvania; Charlotte Ren, University of Pennsylvania, and John J. DiIulio Jr., University of Pennsylvania

10 days ago

Christmas trees are more expensive than ever in Colorado — what gives? -- Ali Besharat, University of Denver

5 days ago

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

19 days ago

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

19 days ago

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

1 month ago

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

1 month ago

Read more about economics

1 year ago

Insight in your inbox, every week

11 months ago

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

19 days ago

Elliot Goodell Ugalde, Queen's University, Ontario

19 days ago

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

26 days ago

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

1 month 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

1 month ago

Read more about business

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

2 days 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

12 days ago

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

19 days ago

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

26 days ago

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

19 days ago

Read more about work

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

26 days ago

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

26 days ago

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

1 month ago

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

1 month ago

Read more about finance

1 year 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

6 days 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

27 days 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

1 month ago

Relying heavily on contractors can cut attendance by 27% for museums, theaters and other arts nonprofits – new research -- Hala Altamimi, University of Kansas and Qiaozhen Liu, Florida Atlantic University

1 month ago

Read more about philanthropy and nonprofits

8 months ago

No time to recover: Hurricane Melissa and the Caribbean's compounding disaster trap as the storms keep coming -- Farah Nibbs, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

1 month ago

Billionaires with $1 salaries – and other legal tax dodges the ultrawealthy use to keep their riches -- Ray Madoff, Boston College

2 days ago

Science has always been marketed, from 18th-century coffeehouse demos of Newton's ideas to today's TikTok explainers -- Beth DuFault, University of Portland

3 days ago

Why do so many American workers feel guilty about taking the vacation they've earned? -- Karen Tan, Middle Tennessee State University

4 days ago

Whether Netflix or Paramount buys Warner Bros., entertainment oligopolies are back – bigger and more anticompetitive than ever -- Matthew Jordan, Penn State

4 days ago