How Space Can Boost Clean Energy and Contribute to a Sustainable Economy
An all-day digital workshop to explore how space can boost clean energy and contribute to a sustainable economy will be held on September 14, 2020….
Economics
Cliodynamics: Russian Scientists Predicted Increased Unrest in the United States Back in 2010
How Cliodynamics Can Chart Social Dynamics Beginning in May 2020, after George Floyd, a Black American man, died in police custody, ‘Black Lives Matter’ demonstrations…
Strong Links Between Automation and Inequality: Job-Replacing Tech Has Directly Driven the Income Gap Since the Late 1980s
Modern technology affects different workers in different ways. In some white-collar jobs — designer, engineer — people become more productive with sophisticated software at their…
Civilization May Need to “Forget the Flame” to Reduce CO2 Emissions
Our Energy Hunger Is Tethered to Our Economic Past Just as a living organism continually needs food to maintain itself, an economy consumes energy to…
Natural Pest Control: Biological Control of Insect Pests Is Saving Farmers Billions of Dollars
Biological control of insect pests – where ‘natural enemies’ keep pests at bay – is saving farmers in Asia and the Pacific billions of dollars,…
Innovative Cities Follow a Unique Historical Pattern – New Research Reveals “Key Driver” to Propel Urban Economies
Population size seen as key driver of a strong urban economy. Cities transition to innovative economies when population reaches 1.2 million The largest cities will…
“Like Sharks to Blood” – Health Sector and Big Pharma Spent Big on Lobbying for COVID-19 Funding As Congress Doles Out $3 Trillion
To date, Congress has authorized roughly $3 trillion in COVID-19 relief assistance — the largest relief package in history. With more COVID relief money on…
Researchers Show Mathematically How to Best Reopen Your Business After COVID-19 Lockdown
In the USA, where the curve of infections has not yet flattened since the beginning of the pandemic, 158,000 people have died from Covid-19 already….
How the Election of Donald Trump Affected European Support for US Trade Agreement
A survey conducted immediately before and after the 2016 US presidential election reveals that the election of Donald Trump had a negative effect on Europeans’…
Study Finds That Increase in Immigration Has Little Impact on the Wages of US Citizens
A new study in Review of Economic Studies suggests that a large increase in the stock of immigrants to the United States would have little impact on…
COVID-19: A Rare Opportunity for Science?
Researchers at Stanford and other institutions hypothesize outcomes of the pandemic’s unprecedented socioeconomic disruption and outline research priorities for advancing our understanding of humans’ impact…
COVID 2025: How the Pandemic Is Changing Our World
Coronavirus is changing life as we know it on a daily basis. But what will our world look like in the next five years? How…
Climate Change Conundrum Faced by Farmers: Low Crop Yields or Revenue Instability
Climate change will leave some farmers with a difficult conundrum, according to a new study by researchers from Cornell University and Washington State University: Either…
Economic Pain: COVID-19 Pandemic Will Cost Global Economy $21 Trillion
The global economy could lose up to $US21.8 trillion dollars in 2020 alone due to COVID-19, according to new analysis from The Australian National University…
The Price of Taking a Stance: How Corporate Sociopolitical Activism Impacts Bottom Line
Businesses should look to the values of their stakeholders to predict the effects of taking a public stance on a divisive issue, says new research…
Harvard Medical School: $15 Billion Revenue Loss Projected for US Primary Care Due to COVID-19 Shutdowns
Primary care practices are projected to lose more than $65,000 in revenue per full-time physician in 2020, following drastic declines in office visits and fees…
In Light of COVID-19, Which Businesses Should Be Open? MIT Compares Tradeoffs
In light of COVID-19, an MIT study looks at tradeoffs between economic value and public health, across different types of retail. Banks and bookstores. Gyms…
New MIT Study Shows State-Level R&D Tax Credits Spur Growth of New Businesses
Study also finds tax breaks for general business investment have slightly negative effect on innovation. Here’s some good news for U.S. states trying to spur…