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Line of Inquiry: Jessica S. Jeffers on how employees react to bad credit news
Research suggests that a credit warning can cause a company’s employees to ramp up their networking.
A credit warning can spook employees
At companies for which a rating downgrade is likely, employees increase their contacts on LinkedIn.
How can banks create safe money? Balance competition
Regulators need to manage two market failures to reduce systematic risks.
Private-equity buyouts don’t tell a simple story
Outcomes of private-equity deals differ greatly by type of buyout and with the broad economic environment during and after the deal.
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How racial bias infected a major health-care algorithm
A design decision resulted in significant disparity in who was identified for enrollment in a care-management program.
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The populism puzzle
What caused the uprising that has transformed global politics?
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Could anything unite the United States?
Cultural and political divisions have persisted for decades. Now there’s a growing gap in how Americans see each other.
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Is there a culture problem among startups?
Chicago Booth’s Steve Kaplan and Starr Marcello are joined by New York Times reporter Mike Isaac to discuss the role of corporate governance in entrepreneurship.
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Retailers underestimate the power of a penny in pricing
Many companies don’t recognize the potency of customers’ “left-digit bias.”
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States are already paying for unfunded pensions
Large, unfunded state pension liabilities are a costly problem—and the cost is already reflected in current bond prices.