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The Conversation - Business

Office of Space Commerce faces an uncertain future amid budget cuts and new oversight - Michael Liemohn, University of Michigan

11 hours ago

Is it wrong to have too much money? Your answer may depend on deep-seated values – and your country's economy -- Jackson Trager, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

11 hours ago

Why is Halloween starting so much earlier each year? A business professor explains -- Jay L. Zagorsky, Boston University

11 hours ago

FEMA buyouts vs. risky real estate: New maps reveal post-flood migration patterns across the US -- James R. Elliott, Rice University and Debolina Banerjee, Rice University

1 day ago

How new foreign worker visa fees might worsen doctor shortages in rural America -- Patrick Aguilar, Washington University in St. Louis

2 days ago

Pennsylvania's budget crisis drags on as fed shutdown adds to residents' hardships -- Daniel J. Mallinson, Penn State

1 day ago

Denver study shows removing parking requirements results in more affordable housing being built -- Susan D. Daggett, University of Denver and Stefan Chavez-Norgaard, University of Denver

1 day ago

Why higher tariffs on Canadian lumber may not be enough to stimulate long-term investments in US forestry -- Andrew Muhammad, University of Tennessee and Adam Taylor, University of Tennessee

6 days ago

Erie Canal's 200th anniversary: How a technological marvel for trade changed the environment forever -- Christine Keiner, Rochester Institute of Technology

6 days ago

More young adults are living with their parents than previous generations did -- Rohan Shah, University of Mississippi; Institute for Humane Studies

13 days ago

Why aren't companies speeding up investment? A new theory offers an answer to an economic paradox -- David Ikenberry, University of Colorado Boulder

26 days ago

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1 year ago

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9 months ago

Industrial facilities owned by profitable companies release more of their toxic waste into the environment -- Mahelet G Fikru, Missouri University of Science and Technology and Jennifer Brodmann, California State University, Dominguez Hills

8 days ago

What the US$55 billion Electronic Arts takeover means for video game workers and the industry -- Johanna Weststar, Western University; Louis-Etienne Dubois, Toronto Metropolitan University, and Sean Gouglas, University of Alberta

2 days ago

Conventional anti-corruption tools often fail to address root causes – but loss of US leadership could still spell trouble -- Diana Chigas, Tufts University

2 days ago

Cannabis boom in South Africa and Zimbabwe is good for wealthy investors, bad for small farmers -- Simon Howell, University of Cape Town and Clemence Rusenga

10 hours ago

Personal scandals sink CEOs faster than financial fraud, research shows -- Michael Nalick, University of Denver

16 days ago

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1 year ago

Is your manager grumpy in the mornings? Poor sleep can lead to abusive and unethical behavior -- Stefan Volk, University of Sydney

2 days ago

Why you seriously need to stop trying to be funny at work -- Peter McGraw, University of Colorado Boulder; Adam Barsky, The University of Melbourne, and Caleb Warren, University of Arizona

16 days ago

When workers' lives outside work are more fulfilling, it benefits employers too -- Louis Tay, Purdue University

2 months ago

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

3 months ago

Trump administration has proven no friend to organized labor, from attacking federal unions to paralyzing the National Labor Relations Board -- Jake Rosenfeld, Washington University in St. Louis

1 month ago

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1 year ago

Science costs money – research is guided by who funds it and why -- Ryan Summers, University of North Dakota

15 days ago

Winning a bidding war isn't always a win, research on 14 million home sales shows -- Soon Hyeok Choi, Rochester Institute of Technology

13 days ago

I've studied faiths and cultures around the world. Here's how finance can be made more inclusive and sustainable -- Atul K. Shah, City St George's, University of London

3 months ago

Decentralized finance is booming − and so are the security risks. Here are the most common mistakes -- Mingyi Liu, Georgia Institute of Technology

3 months ago

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1 year ago

Trump scraps the nation's most comprehensive food insecurity report − making it harder to know how many Americans struggle to get enough food -- Tracy Roof, University of Richmond

18 days ago

Before celebrating big gifts, charities must watch out for fake donors -- Sarah Webber, University of Dayton

1 month ago

US has slashed global vaccine funding – if philanthropy fills the gap, there could be some trade-offs -- Amy E. Stambach, University of Wisconsin-Madison

2 months ago

Trump's 'big' bill offers a new charitable tax break, but will it help nonprofits? -- Daniel Hungerman, University of Notre Dame

3 months ago

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6 months ago

Trump's words aren't stopping China, Brazil and many other countries from setting higher climate goals, but progress is slow -- Shannon Gibson, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

23 hours ago

How the government shutdown is making the air traffic controller shortage worse and leading to flight delays -- Brian Strzempkowski, The Ohio State University and Melanie Dickman, The Ohio State University

11 days ago

New student loan limits could change who gets to become a professor, doctor or lawyer -- Rodney Coates, Miami University

8 days ago