Inequality
Affluence could be our real downfall.
COVID-19 may strengthen the case for universal basic income, or an idea like it.
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These new status behaviours are what one expert calls ‘inconspicuous consumption’.
Seldom are these conversations actually anti-racist.
What would happen if the U.S. guaranteed every citizen a job with a living wage and benefits?
OpenStax reimagined textbooks and saved students $1 billion. Now is a moment to reimagine even more. How can education help students learn more, better, and faster?
In spite of a government mandate, females are often treated as afterthoughts in scientific research.
Can researchers use data science to accurately predict the future?
According to Harvard economists, Democrats and Republicans both perceive reality very wrong.
Women and girls must be front and centre of coronavirus response and recovery.
The inequalities impact everything from education to health.
Coronavirus has given us the opportunity to reframe and rethink society from its foundation.
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In the near future, most unemployed Americans will have access to government-subsidized programs. But that’s set to change in 2021.
There are ways to engage with someone with whom you don’t agree.
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We know what effective teaching looks like. Implementing it can change the lives of Americans.
Here’s how corporations can bring women out from the “leadership pipeline” and into actual leadership.
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You can’t really have an opinion if you don’t know all sides of the argument.
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Johann Hari knows that mental health is really a social issue.
In classical liberalism, justice leaves society better off by providing a chance for a better life.
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What factors explain the gender pay gap?
Sometimes the best way to make changes is when you’re in the middle of a challenging time.
Tech is rising and America’s middle class is vanishing. Here’s what to do.
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The welfare state is broken. UBI is the smarter, more effective option.
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Inequality from the Recession has a lot to do with how the government designed its response.
As it turns out, people who can afford to fly all the time use more energy than anybody else.
Despite potential good intentions, interventionist policies are often viewed by classical liberals as violations of individual freedoms.
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More rules is not what’s going to stop sexual harassment at work, says Johnny C. Taylor, Jr. Change the culture.
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An algorithm produced every possible melody. Now its creators want to destroy songwriter copyrights.
A computer coder and a lawyer decide they have a right to speak for all the songwriters that ever lived, those who are alive today, and all those yet to be born.
Technology best serves the user when organic development combines necessity with collective values.
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