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Tuesday, November 10, 2026 6:19 PM ET

The Conversation - Business

Florida just voted for lower property taxes – and that could mean cuts in government services and new housing construction - Abigail Hall, University of Tampa and Aaron D. Wood, University of Tampa

4 days ago

Midterms are bad for incumbents – and even worse when energy prices are high -- Michael A. Mische, University of Southern California

4 days ago

Are American voters actually gloomy about the economy, or is something else going on? -- Erin Kay Lockwood, University of California, Irvine

10 days ago

How the law protecting Americans from surprise medical bills is driving up healthcare costs -- Lindsey Murtagh, Brown University

11 days ago

Some states are stepping up after federal childcare cuts – and now offer lessons for the future -- Caitlyn Collins, Washington University in St. Louis and Chloe Gibbs, University of Notre Dame

12 days ago

Offering cash for votes is quite common – but here's why it doesn't work -- Kenneth Greene, The University of Texas at Austin

18 days ago

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9 months ago

Is the world pricing the risk of a US diesel export ban? -- Michel Robe, University of Richmond

22 days ago

Trump speculates on diesel fuel export ban as high prices ripple across US economy -- Vidya Mani, University of Virginia; Cornell University

1 month ago

Oil and gas industry expected surplus – but war brought shortage instead -- John Patrick Schoeneman Jr., Oklahoma State University

1 month ago

Why fuel prices may go higher still -- Joshua Busby, The University of Texas at Austin and Greg Pollock, Georgetown University

1 month ago

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7 months ago

We studied 1,584 data centers – and found the buildings full of machines are tied to modest local job growth -- Simon Buechler, Miami University and Lyndsey Rolheiser, York University, Canada

14 days ago

The oil market that sets today's gas prices was invented in western Pennsylvania -- Brian C. Black, Penn State

27 days ago

Social Security benefits will rise 3.6% in 2027, but that may not be enough to offset healthcare costs -- Pankaj Agrrawal, University of Maine

27 days ago

Private equity is buying up more methadone clinics – access to the lifesaving drug isn't getting easier -- Yashaswini Singh, Brown University

13 days ago

US consumers and businesses are now facing a future of more expensive borrowing -- John W. Diamond, Rice University

1 month ago

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2 years ago

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1 year ago

Companies may be held liable when AI harms their clients and customers -- Sarah Webber, University of Dayton and Kaitlin Newkirk, Xavier University

27 days ago

It's OK if managers step in to help their sales staff – but not too much -- Daniel E. Chavez, University of Tennessee

1 month ago

The tourism industry is slowly waking up to solo travelers' needs -- Peter McGraw, University of Colorado Boulder

1 month ago

US regulators want to make corporate earnings reports less frequent, but investors have doubts -- Tzachi Zach, The Ohio State University

1 month ago

AI data center boom is leaving consumer electronics short of chips − even though they don't use the same kinds -- Vidya Mani, University of Virginia; Cornell University

6 months ago

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2 years ago

Remote work made these colleagues more open with each other, not less -- Vanessa M. Conzon, Boston College

22 days ago

The typical gig worker is changing – and struggling more than ever to make ends meet -- Jacob Lederman, University of Michigan Flint

2 months ago

Layoffs tied to AI hurt worker productivity – and the reason may surprise managers -- Mark Ma, University of Pittsburgh

2 months ago

Gen Z communicates differently in the workplace, but older colleagues can still decode them -- Jeff LeBlanc, Boston University

1 month ago

Why your boss matters more than remote or hybrid work when it comes to burnout and job satisfaction -- Christos Makridis, Arizona State University; Institute for Humane Studies

1 month ago

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2 years ago

How Trump's crypto winnings undermined the industry's push for looser regulation -- Lee Reiners, Duke University

1 month ago

Trump administration is withholding more than $1B in Medicaid funds from California and Minnesota, in latest example of weaponizing real and imagined fraud -- Ben Zdencanovic, University of Cambridge

3 months ago

Personal bankruptcy filings are soaring in 2026, signaling growing economic distress -- Jay L. Zagorsky, Boston University

2 months ago

Got money questions? How to get chatbots to give you accurate answers -- Pawan Jain, University of Michigan Flint

3 months ago

Your bank's AI just blocked your payment – what can you do? -- Pragati Awasthi, Drexel University

5 months ago

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2 years ago

Why a company donating $20,000 a month counts for more than $240,000 once a year in the eyes of customers -- Yanyi Leng, Colorado State University

4 days ago

Trump administration's Freedom 250 organization allegedly misdirected donors away from bipartisan America250 charity -- Sarah Webber, University of Dayton

3 months ago

Foundations can outlive their charitable missions – and that's a problem -- Thomas Adam, University of Arkansas

3 months ago

Is it illegal for the president to spend 'patriotic' donations on a White House ballroom or anything else? -- Ellen P. Aprill, University of California, Los Angeles

2 months ago

A little-remembered Gilded Age millionaire helped make milk safe for American kids through his 'retail giving' -- Leslie Lenkowsky, Indiana University

2 months ago

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1 year ago

Flesh-eating screwworm is spreading in the US, threatening livestock and wildlife – hunters can be the first line of defense -- Jacob Dykes, Mississippi State University and Eric Michel, Mississippi State University

3 days ago

Paraguay's bank collapse brought down a president – and exposed as myth the nation's status as a 'Dubai of South America' -- Joel E. Correia, Colorado State University

21 hours ago

Voters rejected data centers in dozens of communities, fueling the narrative that opposition to the AI infrastructure contributed to the 2026 blue wave -- Barbara A. Trish, Grinnell College

4 hours ago