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Supply-side economics is the intellectual backbone of the argument that tax cuts for the wealthy will boost business investment, wages and growth. The evidence suggests otherwise.
When the wealthy become unlikely allies in the fight against inequality, they often take similar steps. It all starts with acknowledging their own privileges.
The clash over South Africa’s Traditional Courts Bill is essentially about custom and constitutionalism. The government is often seen as pandering to traditional leaders’ whims.
The Trump administration has been trashing Obama’s economic legacy lately as it pursues a drastic change of course, but the facts tell a different story.
If police officers are sent to museums to train observational skills, shouldn’t literary texts be used to teach empathy?
Although the economy added jobs for a 72nd month – the longest streak since WWII – growth remains sluggish. Two economists argue it’s up to lawmakers and the next president to pick up the slack.
Few Colombians who have been displaced by violence voted on the peace deal from abroad. An expert in conflict resolution explains why their voices must be part of the peace process.
Our institutions are not solving the world’s wicked problems, such as the refugee crisis and climate change. Can sustainable coffee – a bottoms-up, modular approach – provide clues to a better way?
Although the Fed delayed raising rates this month, it has signaled it intends to wean the U.S. economy off its unprecedented monetary stimulus. Now the question is whether Congress will take the handoff.
The release of the movie ‘Finding Dory’ comes with renewed calls to leave fish in reefs – a good idea in this case – but catching some ornamental fish can have a positive impact on reef communities.
Political scientists from Texas A&M, UMass Boston and Emory University react to Tuesday’s big milestone for women in American politics.
Instead of trying to bring back the old economy jobs that have been lost, the U.S. should focus on training Americans in the new skills that will be needed in tomorrow’s economy.
Many groups have been labeled ‘enemy’ in the American past. A literary scholar looks at the role literature and philosophy have played in dispelling fears and shifting public attitudes.
A shortage of special education teachers is threatening states’ abilities to provide high quality education for students with disabilities. Changing teachers’ working conditions can help.
Sanders and Clinton have been trading blows over who’d be best to reform Wall Street, but new research suggests they may not have the ‘authority’ to do it.
Neither Democratic candidate for president has gotten the endorsement of Massachusetts’ junior senator. Here’s a look at Elizabeth Warren’s long game playbook.
After Jonathan Bate, in his recent biography of Ted Hughes, wrote about Hughes’ salacious sex life, a number of critics – including Janet Malcolm – were quick to pounce.
The presidential candidates are largely ignoring one of the biggest economic issues facing Americans: more than half are struggling to save enough for retirement.
States and regions are taking the lead on climate change action and, so far, are seeing economic and environmental benefits.
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Philosophy, UMass Boston
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Professor of Early Care and Education Leadership, Policy, and Practice, UMass Boston
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Distinguished Fellow, Sustainable Solutions Lab, UMass Boston
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Doctoral Candidate, UMass Boston
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, UMass Boston
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Associate Professor of Public Policy, UMass Boston
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Senior Research Fellow and Lecturer of Gerontology, LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston, UMass Boston
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Endowed Chair of Sport Leadership and Administration, UMass Boston
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Clinical Professor of Gerontology and Co-Director LeadingAge LTSS Center; Recent Mel King Fellow at MIT Co-Lab, UMass Boston
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Assistant Professor of International Development, UMass Boston
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Ph.D. Candidate in Gerontology, UMass Boston
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Assistant Professor, UMass Boston
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Senior Fellow, McCormack Graduate School, UMass Boston
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Professor of Philosophy and Director, Applied Ethics Center, UMass Boston
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Associate Professor of French and Italian, UMass Boston
