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FinanceHow bad is the debt ceiling stand-off in Congress? Like potential collapse of the dollar as global ‘unit of account’ bad, economist says.
By Michael Humphries and The ConversationJanuary 30, 2023
SuccessPandering to an audience of ravens and spying like a fish: Animals have all sorts of sophisticated ways to maintain power in the wild
By Lee Alan Dugatkin and The ConversationJanuary 27, 2023
SuccessTwo economists who study rural America say official inflation numbers don’t count people who live outside of cities—and their own analysis shows that they could be suffering more
By Stephen Weiler, Tessa Conroy and The ConversationJanuary 27, 2023
EnvironmentTwo experts with front-row seats to California’s ambitious climate plan explain how the state could pull it off—and why they think it could change the world
By Daniel Sperling and The ConversationJanuary 26, 2023
HealthWhy COVID deaths are still undercounted in the U.S., according to a team of researchers looking at ‘excess deaths’
By Andrew Stokes, Dielle Lundberg, Elizabeth Wrigley-Field, Yea-Hung Chen and The ConversationJanuary 26, 2023
SuccessWhat the list of the world’s most and least powerful passports reveals, according to the author of the cultural history ‘License to Travel’
By Patrick Bixby and The ConversationJanuary 26, 2023
SuccessThe road to hell is paved with successful urban planning projects—‘green gentrification’ is driving up housing costs and creating racial exclusion
By Dan Immergluck and The ConversationJanuary 25, 2023
Personal FinanceTwo business school professors break down the deeper reasons why Starbucks customers were so enraged when the company changed its loyalty program
By H. Sami Karaca, Jay L. Zagorsky and The ConversationJanuary 25, 2023
EnvironmentJoe Biden has a big European climate change problem: His plan to cut carbon emissions is so different it might be incompatible
By Noah Kaufman, Chris Bataille, Gautam Jain, Sagatom Saha and The ConversationJanuary 24, 2023
SuccessJacinda Ardern’s resignation says 5 things about women in power, according to a scholar who studies women in politics
By Farida Jalalzai and The ConversationJanuary 20, 2023
Personal FinanceInflation made groceries a lot more expensive, but had zero impact on food insecurity, experts on food and agricultural economics say
By Sam Polzin, Jayson Lusk and The ConversationJanuary 19, 2023
TechEven kids are worried ChatGPT will make them lazy plagiarists, says a linguist who studies tech’s effect on reading, writing and thinking
By Naomi S. Baron and The ConversationJanuary 19, 2023
SuccessJacinda Ardern leaves behind a towering legacy, a sad reflection on leadership in the social media age—and no clear successor
By Richard Shaw and The ConversationJanuary 19, 2023
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