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US House passes measure that could punish nonprofits Treasury Department decides are ‘terrorist’

Beth Gazley, Indiana University

Young people walk past a large Zara store.

Fast fashion may seem cheap, but it’s taking a costly toll on the planet − and on millions of young customers

Paula M. Carbone, University of Southern California

Americans face an insurability crisis as climate change worsens disasters – a look at how insurance companies set rates and coverage

Andrew J. Hoffman, University of Michigan

A house built on stilts is still damaged from high winds.
Black entrepreneurs are often shut out from capital, but here’s how some are removing barriers

SherRhonda Gibbs, Morehouse College; Eric Liguori, Florida State University; Michael H. Morris, University of Notre Dame, and Susana C. Santos, Florida State University

Black entrepreneurs appear on stage at the Apollo Theater.
Robo price-fixing: Why the Justice Department is suing a software company to stop landlords colluding on rents

Roger Alford, University of Notre Dame

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Informal safety nets help many Americans with expenses – people at all income levels benefit from this ‘financial interdependence’

Jeffrey Anvari-Clark, University of North Dakota

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Economics

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Countries spend huge sums on fossil fuel subsidies – why they’re so hard to eliminate

Bruce Huber, University of Notre Dame

Republican lawmakers will reshape tax policy in 2025 — a tax expert explains what to expect

Jim Franklin, Western Governors University School of Business

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What are Veblen and Giffen goods?

María Yanotti, University of Tasmania

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Soaring inflation helped lead Trump to victory – here’s why some of his policies might drive prices higher again

Veronika Dolar, Pace University

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The colonial legacy lurking beneath economic unrest in the French Caribbean

David A. Vivian, Soka University of America

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Business

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Companies are buying up cheap carbon offsets − data suggest it’s more about greenwashing than helping the climate

Sehoon Kim, University of Florida

Boeing workers secure big gains after strike, but the future for organized labor under Trump is uncertain

Jake Rosenfeld, Washington University in St. Louis

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Corporate social responsibility disclosures are a double-edged sword, new research suggests

Vivek Astvansh, McGill University

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Too good to be true? New study shows people reject freebies and cheap deals for fear of hidden costs

Andrew Vonasch, University of Canterbury

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Grocery stores that donate expiring food − instead of price discounting or discarding − make higher profits

John Lowrey, Northeastern University

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Work

Multicultural employees sit in a row at a meeting.

Workplace diversity training programs are everywhere, but their effectiveness varies widely

Yekaterina Bezrukova, University at Buffalo

Religion in the workplace is tricky – but employers and employees both lose when it becomes a total taboo

Christopher P. Scheitle, West Virginia University; Denise Daniels, Wheaton College (Illinois), and Elaine Howard Ecklund, Rice University

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How to be a boss at giving performance reviews

Kip Holderness, West Virginia University; Kari Olsen, Utah Valley University, and Todd Thornock, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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Can listening to music make you more productive at work?

Anna Fiveash, Western Sydney University

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Committed a workplace gaffe? You will survive it (and you may even get promoted)

Craig Jackson, Birmingham City University

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Finance

African countries shouldn’t have to borrow money to fix climate damage they never caused – economist

Carlos Lopes, University of Cape Town

A protest of about 100 people holding placards stating "Honor climate finance pledges" and "Droughts, Floods, Hunger, Displacement are the new trend in Africa!"
Rating agencies and Africa: the absence of people on the ground contributes to bias against the continent – analyst

Misheck Mutize, University of Cape Town

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What are halal mortgages?

Shariq Siddiqui, Indiana University

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No credit score? A grocery list could be the next best thing

Joonhyuk Yang, University of Notre Dame and Jung Youn Lee, Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University

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Philanthropy and nonprofits

Donor-advised funds are drawing a lot of assets besides cash – taking a bigger bite out of tax revenue than other kinds of charitable giving

Brian Mittendorf, The Ohio State University

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How the US government can stop ‘churches’ from getting treated like real churches by the IRS

Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer, University of Notre Dame

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Trump’s tax cuts led to a $20B reduction in charitable giving within a year

Daniel Hungerman, University of Notre Dame

Donald Trump speaks at a lectern flanked by members of Congress early in his presidency.
Class and race can create divides between donors and a cause they support − putting stress on those nonprofits

Abbie Cohen, University of California, Los Angeles

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Andrew J. Hoffman, University of Michigan

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Don Leonard, The Ohio State University

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Biswa Das, Iowa State University

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Maximilian Brichta, University of Southern California

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Fast fashion may seem cheap, but it’s taking a costly toll on the planet − and on millions of young customers

Paula M. Carbone, University of Southern California

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