Why people stay after local economies collapse − a story of home among the ghosts of shuttered steel mills

When southeast Chicago’s steel industry collapsed, the loss reverberated through neighborhoods built around the mills. Former mill workers explain why they stayed as the local economy fell.

Amanda McMillan Lequieu, Assistant Professor of Environmental Sociology, Drexel University • conversation
Aug. 27, 2024 ~11 min

A more varied diet would help the world’s economy as well as its health

Humans rely on a very narrow selection of plant and animal food products – but more diversity could boost local and regional economies.

Emmanuel Junior Zuza, Senior lecturer, Royal Agricultural University • conversation
Aug. 19, 2024 ~8 min


US participation in space has benefits at home and abroad − reaping them all will require collaboration

You have the US space program to thank for some of the technology in your phone and laptop.

Cheyenne Black, Graduate Research Assistant in the Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, University of Oklahoma • conversation
May 22, 2024 ~7 min

A natural deception: 3 marketing myths the supplement industry wants you to swallow

‘Natural’ isn’t the same thing as healthful. You can have too much of a good thing, and taking action can be worse than doing nothing.

Katie Suleta, Doctorate in Health Sciences candidate, George Washington University • conversation
April 5, 2024 ~7 min

Why the Fed should treat climate change's $150B economic toll like other national crises it's helped fight

Fed Chair Jerome Powell bristles at talk of managing climate change, but the damage it is doing the US economy is hard to ignore, as the latest National Climate Assessment shows.

Martin Sokol, Associate Professor of Economic Geography, Trinity College Dublin • conversation
Nov. 29, 2023 ~9 min

A carbon tax on investment income could be more fair and make it less profitable to pollute – a new analysis shows why

Taxing consumption that contributes to climate change hits the poor the hardest, while overlooking the huge profits tied to greenhouse gas emissions.

Jared Starr, Sustainability Scientist, UMass Amherst • conversation
Aug. 17, 2023 ~8 min

A carbon tax on investment income could be more fair and quickly make it less profitable to pollute − here's why

Taxing consumption that contributes to climate change hits the poor the hardest, while overlooking the huge profits tied to greenhouse gas emissions.

Jared Starr, Sustainability Scientist, UMass Amherst • conversation
Aug. 17, 2023 ~8 min

New data reveal US space economy's output is shrinking – an economist explains in 3 charts

With commercial space tourism on the rise and NASA planning to return to the Moon, you might think the US space economy is booming – but the data paints a more complex picture.

Jay L. Zagorsky, Clinical Associate Professor of Markets, Public Policy and Law, Boston University • conversation
Aug. 16, 2023 ~8 min


Fed rate hikes, recession fears and political backlash leave ESG investors at a crossroads

Three forces are pulling down ESG’s once-rapid rise in the investment world.

Sehoon Kim, Assistant Professor of Finance, University of Florida • conversation
May 3, 2023 ~8 min

I've spent years studying happiness – here's what actually makes for a happier life

What I’ve learned on the journey to happiness.

Christopher Boyce, Honorary Research Associate at the Behavioural Science Centre, University of Stirling • conversation
Feb. 1, 2023 ~7 min

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