Employment increases after taxes are cut for most income earners — but not when tax cuts target the top 10% of earners — according to recent research in the Journal of Political Economy.
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If you work for a boss who has all the emotional intelligence of a computer, consider that someday your boss might actually be a computer. It’s already happening in ridesharing and it won’t stop there, according to new research.
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These studies show that the trade war is a net loss for the world economy. And if a global trade war broke out, the economic hit could approach that seen during the Great Recession.
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In New York City, travel time and cost more strongly predict social media connectedness than geographical distance, according to a recent working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research.
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There is research showing red flag laws may be effective in preventing suicides, but there appears to be minimal research associating red flag laws with reducing mass shootings.
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In early August 2019, exchange rates between the yuan and the dollar crossed a 7-to-1 threshold that many media outlets called “psychologically important.” What does psychology have to do with international financial markets? A lot.
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Research finds a black man in the U.S. has a 1 in 1,000 chance of being killed by police during his lifetime — 2.5 times the odds for a white man. This contextual data can gird stories about people killed by police.
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We talk with journalist Heidi Legg about her new paper examining five big trends in local journalism — and why saving local news just might save democracy itself.
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One thing is clear from academic research on rural schools: closings and consolidations can drastically change the flavor of civic life in a rural community.
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A new paper out of the National Bureau of Economic Research finds that for each additional dollar in per capita tax revenue collected in 1870, a black politician was 25% more likely to experience violence.
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