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Want a more comfortable retirement? Put it off
Delaying retirement by as little as three months can have a significant effect on retirement living standards.
Capitalisn’t: The build-up
Hosts Kate Waldock and Luigi Zingales discuss Kate’s experience as an intern at Lehman Brothers when it collapsed and then debate the causes of the 2007–10 financial crisis.
Is the internet bad for democracy?
Increasing internet access can have the unintended effect of crowding out established news media and depressing voter turnout.
Try eating popcorn with chopsticks
Injecting a little novelty into how you experience the familiar, rather than acquiring new things altogether, can reignite pleasure.
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Are profits passé?
Demand for corporate social responsibility is forcing companies to value more than money.
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Should public companies do more than maximize profits?
BlackRock cofounder Sue Wagner joins Chicago Booth’s Marianne Bertrand, Robert H. Gertner, and Luigi Zingales to discuss the business of business.
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How should we balance efficiency and equality?
Chicago Booth’s Marianne Bertrand, Nicholas Epley, and Erik Hurst discuss whether and how policy makers should take into account the distributional effects of economic policy.
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When it makes sense to pollute—and how to change the equation
A trove of documents reveals the corporate decision-making that led to an environmental disaster, and could lead to other bad behavior
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Words to live by: Flops, nudges, and sludge
A Nobel laureate offers advice on trying new things and creating long-term value.
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Trump’s trade policy is an exercise in futility
The president is unlikely to achieve any of his objectives.