Category: Finance

President-elect Donald Trump is again signaling his interest in Greenland through a series of provocative statements in which he’s mused about the prospect of the U.S. taking ownership – perhaps by force or economic coersion – of the world’s largest island by area. Talk of a takeover of Greenland may seem fanciful. But it wouldn’t […]

Donor-advised funds, or DAFs, are financial accounts funded by donors to support future charitable work. This kind of giving differs greatly from charitable giving as a whole because it’s much more likely to involve donations of assets like stock, real estate or cryptocurrencies that have gained in value. That’s what my co-author, Helen Flannery and […]

AI startup Anthropic, known for its generative AI chatbot Claude, is in late-stage negotiations to raise up to $2 billion in funding, bringing its valuation to an impressive $60 billion, according to sources familiar with the matter, as reported by CNBC. The company, founded by former OpenAI executives and heavily backed by Amazon, is positioning […]

Despite recent efforts to restrict them, diversity training programs have become as ubiquitous in American offices as the water cooler. They’re everywhere. But our recent update on the state of diversity training research confirms that these programs have different levels of effectiveness and widely varying results. In our prior work, published in 2016, we found […]

Argentina, a nation once ranked among the wealthiest in the world, has found itself grappling with severe economic challenges over the past 25 years. Then, one year ago, provocative libertarian economist Javier Milei was inaugurated as its new president. Known for his flamboyant persona and radical views, Milei is one of the most polarising figures […]

Despite all the attention on technologies that reduce the hands-on role of humans at work – such as self-driving vehicles, robot workers, artificial intelligence and so on – researchers in the field of neuroergonomics are using technology to improve how humans perform in their roles at work. Neuroergonomics is the study of human behavior while […]

On a porn set in California’s San Fernando Valley, a performer we’ll call Jake explains why he joined the industry after dabbling in escorting. He says he was drawn to porn work because of the freedom he finds as an independent contractor. He works 10 to 15 hours a week on average and spends the […]

When states give driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants, it affects nondrivers, too — even the littlest ones. Babies born to immigrants from Mexico and Central America are bigger and healthier in states that make that change, our research shows. The longer a law is in effect before a baby is conceived, the stronger the effect. […]

India is preparing a major initiative to stimulate its technology manufacturing sector, with plans to introduce a subsidy package worth INR 230 billion (approximately $2.7 billion). This move is part of the government’s broader strategy to boost local production of electronics and reduce dependence on imports. Key Features of the Subsidy Plan The proposed subsidy […]

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, a set of tax cuts Donald Trump signed into law during his first term as president, will expire on Dec. 31, 2024. As Trump and Republicans prepare to negotiate new tax cuts in 2025, it’s worth gleaning lessons from the president-elect’s first set of cuts. The 2017 cuts were […]