Trade Facilitation Agreement’s benefits may extend well beyond cutting red tape
A new WTO trade deal is expected to provide up to $1 trillion in economic gains by eliminating bureaucracy. But that's not its most important benefit.
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Wes Craven: the scream of our times
His tombstone may say Craven, but the director carved a bold and memorable niche in the horror genre.
Why there is value in on-campus living
Students heading back to school face a wide variety of choices in housing. Multiple studies have shown how on-campus living can enhance learning.
Positive train control could have prevented Amtrak derailment, but it’s not quite on track
How does positive train control – safety technology that could have prevented this week's deadly Amtrak derailment – work and why is it still not on US rails?
Showbiz politics: through campaign songs, candidates become stars
Songs no longer relay party platforms. Instead, they're used to promote "celebrity" candidates.
‘Je suis Ahmed,’ Charlie Hebdo, and France’s elephant in the room: race
Recent events in Paris – the massacre at the editorial offices of Charlie Hebdo in the 11th arrondissement and the hostage situation at a supermarket near Porte de Vincennes – committed by terrorists with…
Will low oil prices be the downfall of cellulosic biofuels?
Over the past decade, there have numerous efforts to replace petroleum-based fuels with fuel made from plants, or biofuels. One challenge to commercializing biofuel made from non-food sources — called…
Why hiking the US gasoline tax is back on the table
It is well known that the US has a major infrastructure problem with our national highway system. Many of our bridges are in a very poor state of repair and highway maintenance is not keeping up with needs…
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Vice Provost for Student Life, Purdue University
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, Purdue University
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Assistant Professor of History, Purdue University
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Director of Film & Video Studies, Purdue University
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Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University
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Energy Economist, Purdue University