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Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’

Raymond Hogler, Colorado State University

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The US is one of the least trade-oriented countries in the world – despite laying the groundwork for today’s globalized system

Peter A. Coclanis, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Leon Fink, University of Illinois Chicago

Supreme Court appears open to Starbucks’ claims in labor-organizing case

Michael Z. Green, Texas A&M University

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UAW wins big at Volkswagen in Tennessee – its first victory at a foreign-owned factory in the American South

Bob Bussel, University of Oregon

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Graduation rates for low-income students lag while their student loan debt soars

Robert Samuels, University of California, Santa Barbara

Male and female students of different ethnic backgrounds don black graduation caps and gowns.
Does ‘virtue signaling’ pay off for entrepreneurs? We studied 81,799 Airbnb listings to find out

Jacob A. Waddingham, Texas State University; Jeff Chandler, University of North Texas, and Marcus Wolfe, University of North Texas

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Economics

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Large retailers don’t have smokestacks, but they generate a lot of pollution − and states are starting to regulate it

Johnathan Williams, University of Northern Iowa

Immigrant workers save aging economies but face financial struggles in their own senior years

Leafia Zi Ye, University of Toronto

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How the ‘Mexican miracle’ kickstarted the modern US–Mexico drugs trade

Nathaniel Morris, UCL

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Turkey’s economy is paying the price for years of policy mistakes

Gulcin Ozkan, King's College London

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Port of Baltimore bridge collapse rattles supply chains already rocked by troubles in Panama and the Red Sea

Simona Stan, University of Montana

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Business

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How bird flu virus fragments get into milk sold in stores, and what the spread of H5N1 in cows means for the dairy industry and milk drinkers

Noelia Silva del Rio, University of California, Davis; Richard V. Pereira, University of California, Davis; Robert B. Moeller, University of California, Davis; Terry W. Lehenbauer, University of California, Davis, and Todd Cornish, University of California, Davis

The backlash against diversity, equity and inclusion in business is in full force − but myths obscure the real value of DEI

Adia Harvey Wingfield, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis

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On-demand fashion gives much-needed clues on how to green notoriously wasteful industry

Valérie Moatti, ESCP Business School

On-demand fashion gives much-needed clues on how to green notoriously wasteful industry
Starbucks seeks Supreme Court protection from being preemptively ordered to rehire baristas who say they were fired for union-promoting activities

Michael Z. Green, Texas A&M University

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Why being humble can make you a better leader

Elsa T. Chan, University of Sussex and David Hekman, University of Colorado Boulder

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Work

An angry male customer yells at a female employee staffing the check-in desk of a hotel.

The costs of workplace violence are too high to ignore

Miranda Kitterlin-Lynch, Florida International University

More adults are being diagnosed as neurodivergent. Here’s how employers can help in the workplace

Dougal Sutherland, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington

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Rural counties increasingly rely on prisons to provide firefighters and EMTs who work for free, but the inmates have little protection or future job prospects

J. Carlee Purdum, Texas A&M University

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How to battle boredom at work

Casher Belinda, University of Notre Dame

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Office gossip isn’t just idle chatter. It’s a valuable – but risky – way to build relationships

Rachel Morrison, Auckland University of Technology; Helena Cooper Thomas, Auckland University of Technology, and James Greenslade-Yeats, Auckland University of Technology

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Finance

Development finance: how it works, where it goes, why it’s needed

Abdul Latif Alhassan, University of Cape Town and Bomikazi Zeka, University of Canberra

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Kenya has tightened its laws to stop money laundering: why banks are the focus

Constance Gikonyo, University of Nairobi

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Financial abuse from an intimate partner? Three ways you can protect yourself

Bomikazi Zeka, University of Canberra

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Robo-advisers are here – the pros and cons of using AI in investing

Laurence Jones, Bangor University and Heather He, Bangor University

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Philanthropy

Foundations are using so many confusing words that few people can figure out what they’re doing

Aaron Zeiler, University of Florida and Ann Searight Christiano, University of Florida

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Trump-era tax cuts contributed to a decline in higher ed giving, with fewer Americans donating to colleges and universities

Jin Lee, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

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Donor-advised funds: US regulators are scrambling to catch up with the boom in these charitable giving accounts

Brian Mittendorf, The Ohio State University

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Buyouts can bring relief from medical debt, but they’re far from a cure

Erin Duffy, University of Southern California

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