Mario Kart has lessons for fighting inequality

The classic racing game Mario Kart could inspire government programs to benefit poor farmers' bottom lines and the environment, a new paper argues.

Jessica Colarossi-Boston University • futurity
April 6, 2021 ~8 min

Young professionals should consider health savings accounts

An accounting professor ranks the most tax-efficient financial moves for young people beginning their careers. Top pick? Health savings accounts.

George Vlahakis-Indiana • futurity
April 2, 2021 ~6 min


Racial wealth gap has roots in promises of land

A new podcast episode on the racial wealth gap delves into two different promises of land in US history: the famous "40 acres and a mule" and the Homestead Act.

Duke University • futurity
March 26, 2021 ~3 min

How ‘dismemory’ maintains the racial wealth gap

The first episode of a new podcast series on the wealth gap between Black and white Americans focuses on our collective "dismemory" of slavery.

Duke University • futurity
March 9, 2021 ~3 min

Fed money to smaller companies boosts the economy more

Getting government money to smaller companies would do more for brining the US economy back after the pandemic than sending dollars to bigger businesses.

George Vlahakis-Indiana • futurity
March 4, 2021 ~5 min

Expert: Vaccine hoarding could make the pandemic last 7 more years

The costs of leaving low-income countries without COVID-19 vaccines could run in the trillions of dollars and allow the pandemic to go on for years.

Duke University • futurity
March 3, 2021 ~7 min

Americans agree on the need for more COVID relief

While Republicans and Democrats agree on relief for the pandemic, Americans are split on issues around the 2020 election and President Trump's impeachment.

Sandra Knispel-U. Rochester • futurity
March 2, 2021 ~8 min

‘Livestock insurance’ could protect predators and farmer profits

Livestock insurance could help farmers in developing countries protect their animals—and the profits they bring—and endangered species that prey on them.

Amy McCaig-Rice University • futurity
March 1, 2021 ~4 min


Health insurance ‘sludge’ costs US economy billions of dollars

Dealing with health insurance companies costs the US economy billions in wasted work time and lost productivity, according to a new study.

Edmund L. Andrews-Stanford • futurity
March 1, 2021 ~8 min

Where the economy tanks, heart attack deaths rise

There's a link between uneven economic recovery after the Great Recession and deaths from heart attacks and stroke. What about after the pandemic downturn?

Sameed Khatana - Penn • futurity
March 1, 2021 ~6 min

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