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The Conversation - Business

Americans face an insurability crisis as climate change worsens disasters – a look at how insurance companies set rates and coverage - Andrew J. Hoffman, University of Michigan

2 days ago

Black entrepreneurs are often shut out from capital, but here's how some are removing barriers -- SherRhonda Gibbs, Morehouse College; Eric Liguori, Florida State University; Michael H. Morris, University of Notre Dame, and Susana C. Santos, Florida State University

1 day ago

Robo price-fixing: Why the Justice Department is suing a software company to stop landlords colluding on rents -- Roger Alford, University of Notre Dame

2 days ago

Informal safety nets help many Americans with expenses – people at all income levels benefit from this 'financial interdependence' -- Jeffrey Anvari-Clark, University of North Dakota

2 days ago

Carbon offsets can help bring energy efficiency to low-income Americans − our Nashville data shows it could be a win for everyone -- Zdravka Tzankova, Vanderbilt University; Carol Ziegler, Vanderbilt University, and James Muchira, Vanderbilt University

1 day ago

Dorothy Allison was an authentic voice for the poor, capturing the beauty, humor and pain of working-class life in America -- Lennard J. Davis, University of Illinois Chicago

2 days ago

Countries spend huge sums on fossil fuel subsidies – why they're so hard to eliminate -- Bruce Huber, University of Notre Dame

7 days ago

Republican lawmakers will reshape tax policy in 2025 — a tax expert explains what to expect -- Jim Franklin, Western Governors University School of Business

3 days ago

What are Veblen and Giffen goods? -- María Yanotti, University of Tasmania

14 days ago

Soaring inflation helped lead Trump to victory – here's why some of his policies might drive prices higher again -- Veronika Dolar, Pace University

8 days ago

The colonial legacy lurking beneath economic unrest in the French Caribbean -- David A. Vivian, Soka University of America

16 days ago

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4 months ago

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4 months ago

Companies are buying up cheap carbon offsets − data suggest it's more about greenwashing than helping the climate -- Sehoon Kim, University of Florida

8 days ago

Boeing workers secure big gains after strike, but the future for organized labor under Trump is uncertain -- Jake Rosenfeld, Washington University in St. Louis

8 days ago

Corporate social responsibility disclosures are a double-edged sword, new research suggests -- Vivek Astvansh, McGill University

21 days ago

Too good to be true? New study shows people reject freebies and cheap deals for fear of hidden costs -- Andrew Vonasch, University of Canterbury

1 month ago

Grocery stores that donate expiring food − instead of price discounting or discarding − make higher profits -- John Lowrey, Northeastern University

1 month ago

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4 months ago

Workplace diversity training programs are everywhere, but their effectiveness varies widely -- Yekaterina Bezrukova, University at Buffalo

1 day ago

Religion in the workplace is tricky – but employers and employees both lose when it becomes a total taboo -- Christopher P. Scheitle, West Virginia University; Denise Daniels, Wheaton College (Illinois), and Elaine Howard Ecklund, Rice University

21 days ago

How to be a boss at giving performance reviews -- Kip Holderness, West Virginia University; Kari Olsen, Utah Valley University, and Todd Thornock, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

28 days ago

Can listening to music make you more productive at work? -- Anna Fiveash, Western Sydney University

1 month ago

Committed a workplace gaffe? You will survive it (and you may even get promoted) -- Craig Jackson, Birmingham City University

1 month ago

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4 months ago

African countries shouldn't have to borrow money to fix climate damage they never caused – economist -- Carlos Lopes, University of Cape Town

14 days ago

Rating agencies and Africa: the absence of people on the ground contributes to bias against the continent – analyst -- Misheck Mutize, University of Cape Town

2 months ago

What are halal mortgages? -- Shariq Siddiqui, Indiana University

2 months ago

No credit score? A grocery list could be the next best thing -- Joonhyuk Yang, University of Notre Dame and Jung Youn Lee, Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University

3 months ago

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2 months ago

Donor-advised funds are drawing a lot of assets besides cash – taking a bigger bite out of tax revenue than other kinds of charitable giving -- Brian Mittendorf, The Ohio State University

2 days ago

How the US government can stop 'churches' from getting treated like real churches by the IRS -- Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer, University of Notre Dame

1 month ago

Trump's tax cuts led to a $20B reduction in charitable giving within a year -- Daniel Hungerman, University of Notre Dame

2 months ago

Class and race can create divides between donors and a cause they support − putting stress on those nonprofits -- Abbie Cohen, University of California, Los Angeles

2 months ago

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4 months ago

Trump voters said they were angry about the economy – many of them had a point -- Don Leonard, The Ohio State University

9 days ago

Most US book bans target children's literature featuring diverse characters and authors of color -- Katherine Spoon, University of Colorado Boulder and Isabelle Langrock, Sciences Po

6 days ago

Your politics can affect whether you click on sponsored search results, new research shows -- Alexander Davidson, Wayne State University

27 days ago