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Whether due to Trump or unhappiness with the mainstream media, Americans say that they are avoiding the news more than before.
Halloween is yet another holiday that has become a mere ritual of America’s very conspicuous consumption.
Salaries are not the only factor making it hard to keep talented people on board.
Take a look at the first high-resolution map of the US food supply chain.
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.
Women in the workplace face discrimination at every level, including in upper management.
China is betting that a massive set of investments around the world will bring it economic prosperity and international political power.
As the country grew, each census required greater effort than the last. That problem led to the invention of the punched card.
Members of Congress factor what the public thinks into their decisions. But it’s difficult to measure what the public is really thinking.
A quirk of mathematics gives voters in some small states, like Rhode Island and Nebraska, an extra edge over voters in other states. This happens not only in the US, but in other countries, too.
A new project for Detroit middle and high schoolers combines athletics and mathematical concepts.
New research shows how attractive employees can rub some customers the wrong way.
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.
The odds are stacked against the striking workers at General Motors. A sociologist who’s studied the decline of the US auto industry explains why.
Pot taxes will change the ability of some to purchase recreational marijuana.
Studies suggest that marriage improves your health. But bisexuals don’t seem to reap those benefits.
Most of the time, these operations were not urgent – unlike the one following this disaster that summoned some 600,000 people to the site of the worst nuclear accident of all time.
The US economy may be in worse shape than it seems.
Single parents and unmarried parents who live together spend less on their children than married parents.
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Associate Professor of Markets, Public Policy and Law, Boston University
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Professor of International Economic Affairs at The Fletcher School, Tufts University
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Director, Institute for Social and Health Equity; Social and Healty Equity Endowed Chair, Department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior, School of Public Health, University at Albany, State University of New York
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