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Policy

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  Economics

  Does Immigration Help or Hurt Local Economies?

  Historically, where immigrants cluster in the U.S., prosperity follows.

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  Policy

  We Are Influenced by Racial Information Even When We Are Not Aware of Its Presence

  Many of us acknowledge that implicit racial bias exists, but the problem goes deeper than we think.

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  Policy

  How Uber Took Manhattan

  A Q&A on how startups can anticipate and navigate regulatory challenges.

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  Healthcare

  A Healthcare Policy Expert on Four Key Differences Between the ACA and the AHCA

  Craig Garthwaite explains how the GOP proposal could impact patients, insurers, and hospitals.

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  Economics

  School Shootings Rise and Fall with the Unemployment Rate

  Researchers set out to quantify gun violence at U.S. schools and made a surprising discovery.

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  Policy

  Companies Want to Hire the Best Employees. Can Changes to the H-1B Visa Program Help?

  The current lottery is not optimal for top foreign applicants or the companies that want to hire them.

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  Organizations

  Should You Hire Someone with a Criminal Record?

  Companies that give ex-offenders a fresh start may be rewarded with employees who stick around.

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  Policy

  What Volkswagen’s Emissions Scandal Can Teach Us about Why Companies Cheat

  Tighter standards may backfire in industries with fierce competition.

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  Policy

  Why Are We So Quick to Excuse Drunken Behavior?

  From criminal sentencing to corporate indiscretions, we hold people less accountable when alcohol is involved.

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  Healthcare

  Under the ACA, the Cost of Caring for the Uninsured Decreased for Hospitals

  The benefit has come only in states that expanded Medicaid.

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  Policy

  How Drinking Beer Is Saving Russian Lives

  Decades later, a Soviet public health initiative is still increasing male life expectancy.

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  Healthcare

  The Hidden Benefits of TV Drug Ads

  Patients and taxpayers benefit from controversial direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising.

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  Culture

  Why Sending Your Kid to the Best Possible School May Backfire

  Being surrounded by smarter peers can hurt test scores and incite disruptive behavior.

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  Policy

  Higher Taxes Can Make Altruistic Jobs More Attractive

  But subsidizing these careers may ultimately do more good.

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  Policy

  Christine Lagarde on Income Inequality, Brexit, and the Power of M&Ms

  A Q&A with the IMF managing director and Kellogg’s Sergio Rebelo.

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  Policy

  Does the H-1B Visa Program Hurt American Workers?

  At least in one industry, these applicants appear to take jobs others do not want.

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  Policy

  How Much Do Brokerage Firms Benefit from Political Connections?

  Politicians can’t trade on insider information—but the firms they talk to can.

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  Policy

  Abandoning the Electoral College Would Remake Campaign Spending

  A direct-vote system could have a sizeable impact on the behaviors of voters and candidates.

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  Culture

  Is Reading Someone’s Emails Like Entering Their Home?

  How conceptions of privacy change over time and how analogies pave the way.

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  Policy

  Can Raising the Capital Gains Tax Rate Ever Attract Investors?

  The traditional view that raising rates hurts firms deserves a closer look.

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