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Would a 70 percent tax rate slow the economy?
Recent polling has found that a majority of registered US voters supports raising the maximum rate to 70 percent—but what do economists think of it?
Blockchain could improve corporate auditing
Audits could be more collaborative, efficient, reliable, and cheaper using blockchain.
Capitalisn’t: Why capitalism needs journalism
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Steven Pearlstein talks with hosts Kate Waldock and Luigi Zingales about how changes in the media industry have altered journalists’ relationships with the companies they cover.
Given an out, people still fall back into debt
Research finds that keeping people out of debt traps isn’t as simple as paying off their loans.
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Better negotiations through behavioral science
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How to get more woman CEOs
A look at what’s holding women back from top-paying jobs
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Measuring uncertainty helps investors navigate risk
Researchers are developing new ways to gauge volatility far beyond financial markets.
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Blockchain’s weakest links
Billions of dollars are riding on a technology that could revolutionize how business is done—if glitches don’t break it.
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How to make cancer treatment more affordable
Research identifies a little-noticed winner from recent revolutionary advances in cancer treatments: the life-insurance industry.
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Class action lawsuits hit innovative companies the hardest
Why the US securities class action system may threaten economic growth and competitiveness.
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Equity crowdfunding is inflating a bubble
Millions of small investors are likely to lose a lot of money.