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Public trust in institutions falters amid weak regulation and digital misinformation

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As the world grapples with the dynamic tech environment that shapes public perceptions, trust in governance, public and private institutions, and the media has become topical. As these conversations unfold, researchers caution that trust in […]

Economy

Why Wall Street is booming while Main Street is stagnating

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New research finds that major U.S. corporations are growing by buying up their competitors rather than generating new ideas.This post was originally published on this site

Economy

Positive framing can steer shoppers toward premium products

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Consumers are more likely to choose a higher-priced item when it’s correlated with messages that emphasize an increase in the product’s positive attributes—rather than a reduction in its negative ones.This post was originally published on […]

Education

Global campaign aims to make anatomy teaching more inclusive

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The University of Plymouth is launching a global initiative to make anatomy teaching more inclusive.This post was originally published on this site

Education

Michigan state board rejects ‘misinformation’ on controversial health, sex education plans

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A State Board of Education resolution to spike new health education standards failed in a 5-2 evening vote along party lines, shutting down an effort by conservatives to halt certain subjects in sex education from […]

Society & Politics

Ending universal free school meals linked to rising student meal debt and stigma

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A new study published in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior has found that discontinuing universal free school meal (UFSM) policies significantly increases school meal debt, student stigma, and declines in participation. The research, […]

Economy

Is the customer still always right? Who CEOs listen to when innovation gets risky

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New Macquarie Business School research shows CEOs turn to their Chief Technology Officers—not their marketing gurus—when faced with radical innovation decisions.This post was originally published on this site

Economy

New way to measure poverty may transform how international aid and development work operate

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How can researchers measure poverty and understand local development needs in places where conventional data collection is difficult or impossible?This post was originally published on this site

Economy

How to adapt our pension schemes to longer life expectancy

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Canada’s aging population, combined with increased life expectancy, pose a real challenge for our pension plans. Current and future retirees risk seeing some of their sources of income decline or, at best, stagnate.This post was […]

Economy

In defense of ‘surveillance pricing’: Why personalized prices could be an unexpected force for equity

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Surveillance pricing has dominated headlines recently. Delta Air Lines’ announcement that it will use artificial intelligence to set individualized ticket prices has led to widespread concerns about companies using personal data to charge different prices […]

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Top Stories

  • ‘Weights of gold in bullion’: How the ancients invested in precious metals

    “All I want is an income of 20,000 sesterces from secure investments,” proclaims a character in a poem by Juvenal (1st–2nd century CE), the Roman poet.This post was originally published on this site
  • Treasure the emotional connections to the clothes you have and style could be a whole lot more sustainable

    With January sales around the corner, another flood of unwanted clothes risks drowning our wardrobes and the planet.This post was originally published on this site
  • Can you ‘live long and prosper’ by learning economics from Star Trek? Or is that ‘highly illogical?’

    It might seem worlds away from the Earth we know. But can “Star Trek” teach us anything about the economics of our own society?This post was originally published on this site

Highlights

  • Why central bankers look to the ‘stars’ when setting interest rates
  • AI model uses social media posts to predict unemployment rates ahead of official data
  • ‘Weights of gold in bullion’: How the ancients invested in precious metals
WHAT’S NEW
  • Why shoppers buy fast fashion even if they disagree with it
  • The ‘pawprint economy’ is booming—and it offers huge opportunities for tourism
  • ‘Lifting and shifting’ workers is not always the best answer
  • Early motherhood carries wage penalty, while delaying pays off
WHAT’S INTERESTING
  • Citizens have greater trust in parliaments with higher female representation, new research finds
  • There’s little evidence tech is much help stopping school shootings
  • Hidden bias gives ‘swing state’ voters more influence over US trade policy
  • Report challenges climate change as sole trigger of Syrian Civil War, exposing governance failures in drought response
Last Thoughts:
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  • New analytics show US schools can adopt later start times without raising costs

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