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United Airlines faced a public relations nightmare when they dragged a man off a flight in 2017 – until the blame shifted back to the victim.
Halloween is yet another holiday that has become a mere ritual of America’s very conspicuous consumption.
The restaurant industry as a whole hasn’t been a huge supporter of the fight to increase minimum wage – but it should be.
Adam Neumann both controlled and managed the co-working company he founded in 2011. A finance scholar explains why that can be a serious problem in venture capital-backed startups.
Which candies count as candy in the eyes of the tax law? The answer often depends on one ingredient.
Many Americans fear that AI will take their jobs. And it might – but it’s more complicated than that.
Yerba mate is a wildly popular South American tea with a growing global market. Can this ‘superfood’ save Paraguay’s tropical forests, too?
Some Californians want to ban people from living in wildfire-prone areas. Behavioral economics offers a less heavy-handed approach to reducing the costs and risks.
The Trump administration’s tendency to follow rules only if they’re in its interest could end up hurting the US in the long run.
Women in the workplace face discrimination at every level, including in upper management.
Donald Trump has some ideas about how to end homelessness in the US. Los Angeles’ recent experiences may be an important part of the discussion.
Francis Townsend had a similar if less ambitious idea in the 1930s that never got through Congress but ended up making Social Security a lot more generous.
How much is your suffering worth in court? Often, it depends on the judge. But justice may be better served by letting victims choose between monetary compensation and a more restorative remedy.
The National Basketball Association’s difficulty dealing with a tweet in support of Hong Kong protesters shows the challenges of having values and expanding into new markets.
There’s a very simple way to give Medicare to all: delete six words from the legislation that created the program in 1965.
Interruptions are inevitable – but how they happen matters.
A retail expert explains why brick-and-mortar brands will continue to thrive in the age of e-commerce.
Although Gandhi is best known for expelling the British from India and inspiring the likes of King and Mandela, he also wrote a lot about the behavior of good business leaders.
Because large organizations have bigger budgets, they can more easily afford to excel at online fundraising through social media.
New research shows how attractive employees can rub some customers the wrong way.
Consumers are much more likely to recycle their waste after viewing messages showing the products it might turn into.
Private prisons have long been a topic of controversy in the U.S. A professor of sociology explains what they are and why they matter.
There’s no First Amendment in the workplace, which leaves worker activists at the whim of their employers.
Some Cuban entrepreneurs are so openly anti-communist that they sound like, well, capitalists.