How consumers are footing the bill for the U.S.-China trade war
Get caught up on the tennis match that is the U.S.-China trade war, and explore the latest research analyzing how U.S. import tariffs are impacting the economy.
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Income inequality and bullying linked in new study
New research in JAMA Pediatrics finds an association between spending early childhood in a country with wide income inequality and being bullied during early adolescence.
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Soaring rents and plunging home values: How 1930s housing practices eroded black wealth
In neighborhoods that shifted from white to black in the prewar era, housing rental prices soared while home values plunged, according to a new NBER working paper.
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What Game of Thrones tells us about ourselves: A GoT research roundup
Game of Thrones isn’t just a cultural phenomenon — it’s an academic one too. Clark Merrefield digs into recent GoT research.
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How Fed rates helped fuel the investment bust that sparked the Great Recession
Rising Federal Reserve interest rates in the lead-up to the Great Recession may have steered investors toward riskier housing investments, according to new research.
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Covering political polls: A cautionary research roundup
Journalist’s Resource rounds up some of the latest political polling research as Joe Biden jumps into the 2020 presidential race.
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Global warming has worsened economic inequality and made some rich countries richer
New research quantifies how global warming has hampered — and benefited — wealthier and poorer economies.
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The multi-trillion-dollar cost of sexual violence: Research roundup
Estimates put the the economic cost of sexual violence in the United States in the trillions of dollars.
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New economic shock model estimates reverberations from Trump tariffs
A new macroeconomic shock model built on interconnected networks estimates consequences of the U.S. tariffs on European metal.
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Diverging average company pay—not what the CEO makes—explains most earnings inequality
Earnings inequality is rising at the biggest firms in the U.S., but average employee earnings across firms — not within them — accounts for most of the recent rise in earnings inequality.
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