Economy

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Types Of Words By A Company Executive's That Can Signal A Red Flag
A new way to help lenders make better loan decisions uses the words corporate executives speak on quarterly earnings calls to assess investment risks

Details: Written by: Ellen Brown

The Disaster of Negative of Interest Rates
President Trump wants negative interest rates, but they would be disastrous for the U.S. economy, and his objectives can be better achieved by other means.

Details: Written by: Kerry McDonald

The factory model of education is outdated, so what's next? - Conventional schooling was largely designed with an industrial-revolution mindset.

Details: Written by: Lisa Bero

When Big Companies Fund Academic Research, The Truth Often Comes Last
Over the last two decades, industry funding for medical research has increased globally, while government and non-profit funding has decreased.

Details: Written by: Kenneth Scheve and David Stasavage

Economic inequality is high and rising. At the same time, many governments are struggling to balance budgets while maintaining spending for popular programs.

Details: Written by: Gregory N. Price

In 2010, two economists claimed that graduates of historically black colleges and universities, or HBCUs, suffer a “wage penalty” – that is, they earn relatively less than they would had they gone to a non-HBCU.

Details: Written by: David Campbell

Tips For Selecting Charities After Disasters Like Hurricane Dorian
As with previous disasters, millions of Americans are trying to figure out the best way to use their money to help people recover.

Details: Written by: Dr. Sajeda Tuli

Migrants Want To Live In The Big Cities, Just Like The Rest Of Us
Migration is getting increasing attention in Australia, with the Morrison government recently putting the focus on settling migrants in regional areas to ease pressure on the capital cities.

Details: Written by: Alexander Kurov

How To Invest If You're Worried A Recession Is Coming
Although the U.S. economy continues to grow and add jobs, talk of a recession is increasingly in the air due to a number of worrying signs.

Details: Written by: Nick Lehr

In sociologist Jennifer Silva’s first book, “Coming Up Short,” she interviewed working-class young adults in Lowell, Mass., and Richmond, Virginia.

Details: Written by: Marick Masters

How Organized Labor Can Reverse Decades Of Decline
Collective bargaining has long been one of organized labor’s most attractive selling points.

Details: Written by: Hilary Hurd Anyaso

More Americans Now See Women As Smarter
Americans no longer regard women as less competent than men on average, according to a nationally representative study of gender stereotypes in the United States.

Details: Written by: Benjamin Waddell

When Migrants Go Home, They Bring Back Money, Skills And Ideas

Escaping violence, war, poverty and environmental disaster, more people than ever are migrating worldwide. Some 258 million people – 3.4% of the global population – live outside their country of birth.

Details: Written by: Neil Schoenherr

Efforts to decrease gender inequality, such as tuition-free primary education and paid parental leave, transform norms and improve health for women and their children, according to a new study.

Details: Written by: Carly Graf

Meet the Farmers Reclaiming Puerto Rico’s Agricultural History

In the shadow of Monte Pirucho, once a place of worship for the Taino tribe, Tara Rodríguez Besosa pulls a long, spiny plant from the bed of a small community garden and begins plucking its leaves.

Details: Written by: Peter A Coclanis

Too Much Theory Leads Economists To Bad Predictions

Whether it was the physicist Niels Bohr or the baseball player Yogi Berra who said it – or, most likely, someone else – it is indeed hard to make predictions, especially about the future.