Articles tagged with economics

A new report suggests that the social cost of carbon — the economic damage done by one ton of carbon dioxide emissions — could be drastically higher than government agencies have estimated.

Economists study European soccer stars to understand how the wealthy respond to tax increases and what states should do as a result.

How the potent hormone of empathy, oxytocin, is shaking up the field of economics.

University of Cincinnati researchers find common cause for bankruptcy in world’s leading economies.

Jacob Zuma says the World Cup can score an economic goal for his country, but a collection of international astronomers meeting in his backyard have a starry-eyed yet down-to-earth suggestion for the developing world.

One year out of college, Miller-McCune fellow and economics aficionado Elisabeth Best examines her options for work or more schooling.

Research studies differ on the effect of an Oscar on a film’s bottom line.

Rebates for energy-efficient appliances don’t stand up to the economic analysis that, until now, no one bothered to do.

Rural electrification using solar energy may find a match made in heaven when linked to drip irrigation.

Beyond the humanity, there’s a business case for tackling the persistent gap in health for most U.S. minorities.

Federal plans for a green economic revolution need more discipline — and a long-term partnership with the venture capitalists who know startup winners from losers.

Late urban champion’s notions about decline and imports newly resonant during this recession.

A libertarian look at the current pay kerfuffle for financial services companies suggests regulating executive compensation will not produce healthier capitalism.

An experiment in subsidizing school lunches to use locally raised commodities pays off both in the cafeteria and in the regional economy, one study finds.

In extolling human rights, the U.S. has traditionally pursued the ones that don’t cost any money with greater vigor, even as its rhetoric suggests something different.

Lean times make for chubbier teenage girls. That’s the conclusion of a newly published study that suggests the current recession may exacerbate the nation’s obesity problem.

Amid the destruction wrought by the global financial crisis, should American colleges and universities be seeking a bailout plan of their own?

The Yale economist known as a bubble-popper extraordinaire is bullish on tomorrow, even if that tomorrow may be a decade away.

We look at studies analyzing Major League Baseball’s race relations, economics and pop-ups.

The consistent correlation between women executives and high profitability.

Researchers say America’s chronically underserved urban cores are an untapped market that can sustain private investment — and turn themselves around in the process.

Our addiction to easy credit — and aversion to thrift — got us into this mess. The withdrawal may be painful for policymakers and consumers alike.

Jock Brandis invented a low-cost, people-powered peanut sheller that could raise millions out of poverty around the world. Now, if someone would just come up with the money to distribute it.

Pepperdine University marketing professor Roy Adler helps U.S. businesses take some of the guesswork out of finding customers around the world.

A documentary film warns that America’s fiscal policies are a looming disaster as Wall Street melts down in real time.

Two professors explain why small government, loose regulations and an over-reliance on markets eventually cost taxpayers.

Scientists are working to put economic value on the natural world, hoping to create ecosystem-services markets that protect the environment. But are they really just putting out a contract on Mother Nature?