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Source: Associated Press
Biden's pick for SEC flags trading app gimmicks for scrutiny
“What does it mean when you have balloons and confetti-dropping behavioral prompts to get investors to do more transactions?"
Source: Project Syndicate (Opinion Piece)
Realizing the great realization
"...the US is also a country where policymaking in at least three areas may be headed in a less confrontational and more positive direction."
Source: BBC | Worklife
Why it's wrong to look at work-life balance as an achievement
Research by Erin Kelly shows companies and managers can play a key role in creating a better environment for workers.
Source: NPR | GBH | In It Together (Audio)
Food or textbooks: New bill aims to stop food insecurity on college camp...
Stuart Madnick discusses how people and organizations can protect their personal information from hackers.
Source: NPR | GBH (Opinion Piece)
The key to black equity: Economics
"Without centering the value of Black contributions to our economy, economic equity in our country will be nothing more than a good intention."
Source: Yahoo Finance
The myth that botched the US COVID response
"The tradeoff framing really hurt the response. That framing was wrong from the beginning.”
Source: Forbes | Leadership (Opinion Piece)
How equity investors can scale inclusive employment
Rya Conrad-Bradshaw (MBA '11) writes: “...racial equity has become an expectation among consumers, employees and other key stakeholders."
Source: Bloomberg Businessweek
Expand your hiring pool beyond elite schools and high GPAs
"The point is to find someone who will be creative and seek solutions for this particular position."
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How to make online product rankings more trustworthy
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Online shopping is even more popular now because of the pandemic. Buyer beware: Product rankings can be based on fraudulent data like fake clicks, purchases, and reviews.

Squishing the Ant: Why Beijing is finally taking steps to tame Alibaba
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Is Alibaba becoming too big to fail? It’s a question that’s on the minds of Chinese regulators.

Social responsibility matters to business – A different view from Milton Friedman from 50 years ago
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Companies are focusing more, not less, on issues of social responsibility, tackling such areas as the environment, climate change, income disparity, women’s rights, and racial justice.

Bringing a grassroots approach to climate change with science
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Almost everyone wants to do something about climate change, but it is challenging to know what levers to pull to make real change. Simulations may be the key to finding the answer.

CLOs are riskier than current ratings suggest
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The economic impact of COVID-19 is eerily similar to the recession in 2007-2008. Today, history appears to be repeating itself.

'Human-Centered AI': How can the technology industry fight bias in machines and people?
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MIT Sloan Senior Lecturer Renée Richardson Gosline discusses how the development of bots and algorithms is outpacing our understanding of who and when they help most.

What is Mass Ballot Question 1 on “motor vehicle mechanical data” all about?
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The details and implications are complex and barely touched on by the frequent 30 second television spots by both the pro and con groups.

How to produce cleaner data for robust pricing
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These days, a lot of people are talking about using data to make decisions. However, an often- overlooked aspect of data is that it can’t always be trusted.

Why the environmental impact of COVID-19 could outweigh short-term benefits
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The COVID-19 pandemic has reduced CO2 and local air pollutant emissions, but what are the longer-term effects on the environment?

A new benefit of learning curves on productivity
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It is well established that average productivity increases as a function of cumulative experience. But what is not known is whether that experience affects the consistency of performance.
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