The Conversation - Business
America's nonprofit sector is pushing back against an 'authoritarian playbook' Christopher Justin Einolf, Northern Illinois University
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How employers can support workers when they take medical leave -- Liza Barnes, Drexel University; Ashley Hardin, Washington University in St. Louis, and Christina Lacerenza, University of Colorado Boulder17 hours ago
Companies are hyping AI the same way they talked up sustainability, but there are ways to fix that -- Suvrat Dhanorkar, Georgia Institute of Technology2 days ago
Why Kevin Warsh might still prove to be an independent Federal Reserve chair -- Cristina Bodea, Michigan State University and Andrew Kerner, Michigan State University8 days ago
Would a $1 rideshare fee affect wealthier or working-class Philadelphians more? 2 Chicago studies offer some perspective -- Parth Vaishnav, University of Michigan and Miki Tsuchiya, University of Michigan4 days ago
New SNAP rules requiring that benefits be used at stores selling healthier food could backfire -- Benjamin Chrisinger, Tufts University2 days ago
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What's in the price of a gallon of gas? -- Robert I. Harris, Georgia Institute of Technology21 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 University24 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 Nottingham23 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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How Trump plans to keep tariffs at the center of his economic policy despite stinging court losses -- Kent Jones, Babson College4 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
Supreme Court considers how much states can protect consumers when federal agencies won't -- Sarah J. Morath, Wake Forest University21 days ago
Canada is kicking its US booze habit as trade tensions persist -- Andrew Muhammad, University of Tennessee14 days ago
Thousands of employed Colorado workers need SNAP benefits to make ends meet -- Jennifer C. Greenfield, University of Denver22 days ago
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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 University20 days ago
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 University10 days ago
Hosting the NFL draft is less about weekend beer sales and more about long-term brand value -- Tim Derdenger, Carnegie Mellon University1 month ago
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 School24 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 Boulder1 month ago
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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 Michigan15 days 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 Business2 months ago
Workplace relief is coming for employees with symptoms of menstruation, perimenopause and menopause in Philly -- Ann Juliano, Villanova University1 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 Virginia29 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 University4 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 University25 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 - Newark2 months 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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Nonprofit fraud: Amid high-profile prosecutions, an accountant explains what's really going on -- Sarah Webber, University of Dayton1 day 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
Suspending federal gas tax wouldn't save drivers as much as they might hope – here's what goes into the price of a gallon of gas -- Robert I. Harris, Georgia Institute of Technology10 days ago
How much is a bat worth? Protecting these tiny insect-eaters isn't just good for farms – their deaths cost taxpayers and the wider economy -- Dale Manning, University of Tennessee; Anya Nakhmurina, Yale University, and Eli Fenichel, Yale University7 days ago
