Herpes infections take major economic toll globally: Research finds HSV-2 and HSV-1 infections and their consequences were estimated to cost $35.3 billion globally in 2016

Companies mitigating climate change can lower their cost of capital and build investor trust by disclosing and addressing their environmental impact

Comparing costs and climate impacts of various electric vehicle charging systems across the United States

The expansion of the Child Tax Credit in 2021 through President Biden’s American Rescue Plan led to improved housing affordability for low-income families – The expansion reduced parents’ past-due rent/mortgages and their reports of potential moves due to difficulties affording rent/mortgages.

The worst IT catastrophe ever hit less than 1% of all Microsoft Windows devices — “The broad economic and societal impacts reflect the use of CrowdStrike by enterprises that run many critical services”: Microsoft

Study: Multivariate analysis indicates that economic elites and organised groups representing business interests have substantial independent impacts on US government policy, while average citizens and mass-based interest groups have little or no independent influence.

The economics of a Postgres free tier

International scheme to tax billionaires' wealth technically feasible

New research suggests that people may expect to engage in more unethical behavior when they perceive higher levels of economic inequality in society

With congestion pricing stop, New York City enters new era of economic gridlock

The economics of writing technical books

Real Chaos, Today – Randomised controlled trials in economics

The economics of the Birkin handbag

Economic Termites: Monopolies not noticeable enough for most of us

Changing from “at-large” to “ward” elections for town council ..

Anthropic CEO on Being an Underdog, AI Safety, and Economic Inequality

Harvard Railroad Economics Exam (1906)

IMF official delivers stark warning on AI's potential to turn an ordinary downturn into a severe economic crisis

Study: The EU Emissions Trading System, the world's first and largest carbon market, successfully reduced firms' carbon dioxide emissions by 14-16% with no detectable contractions in economic activity.

An Indie Game Engine suiting for Complex in-game Economics

More than half of Americans give to charity at checkout, survey shows: 53% of Americans give impulsively to charities at checkout

Trickle-down economics were always bullshit

Economic inequality diminishes voter preference for competent leaders

The Economics of a Sweetgreen Salad

Study finds discreet shipping is used to sell e-cigarettes to minors: 45% of businesses on TikTok are circumventing local, state and federal laws that restrict the individual sale of tobacco products

Economic difficulty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic led to a cascade of connected problems for some parents -- resulting in mental health problems for their children

Study conducted in China finds that cash transfer payments have a negative impact on the overall income of rural poor households

A new study explores how brain chemistry influences political opinions through the “threat-based neural switch theory.” This theory suggests that stress from economic crises and wars enhances susceptibility to simple…

New n=34 study finds that financial professionals' unconscious brain activity, measured while viewing anonymized information about a given stock, predicted that stock's performance with 68% accuracy, whereas their actual predictions about that stock were no better than chance.

A study on the association between economic inequality and the Dark Triad

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