Jan 15 How virtual reality could change the journalism industry By Jeremy Bailenson Bringing audiences closer to the reality of a story has always been the preoccupation of journalists, and VR, it seems, offers an ideal multimedia experience. Continue reading
Jan 13 Watch 3:57 Large retailers already anticipating benefits of new tax laws By PBS News Hour This week, large retailers made announcements following the recently passed tax cuts. Walmart raised salaries for hourly workers to $11 per hour and announced one-time bonuses to 1,000 eligible employees, but it also announced the closure of 63 Sam’s Club… Continue watching
Jan 11 Watch 8:05 How #MeToo power dynamics affect economists By Paul Solman What kind of hostilities do female economists face, and why? A recent paper highlights the sexualization of women in the field: In a list of the top words that correlated most frequently with women interviewing for jobs, none had anything… Continue watching
Jan 11 The only way to eliminate age discrimination is to shout your age, this economist says By Paul Solman Economics professor Teresa Ghilarducci's take on sexual and age discrimination against women in the workforce. Continue reading
Jan 10 10 questions to ask before hiring an elder care attorney By Philip Moeller If an attorney fails to provide solid answers to these questions, keep looking. Continue reading
Jan 10 Opinion: The teacher’s sharing economy gave me work-life balance By Lauralee Moss After years of teaching, I had started to feel that raising a family and teaching full-time were incompatible. Continue reading
Jan 08 What would it take to fix America’s crumbling infrastructure? By Daniel Bush Can Congress pass a bipartisan infrastructure bill in 2018?… Continue reading
Jan 06 Watch 10:41 Boston trains women to negotiate in an effort to close the wage gap By Megan Thompson, Mori Rothman Equal wage laws have been on the books in the U.S. since the 1960s, but women still earn about 80 cents for every dollar that men earn, with black and Hispanic women earning even less. While federal efforts to close… Continue watching
Jan 05 What explains who becomes an inventor? By Making Sen$e Editor A new working paper finds that children from families in the top 1 percent of the income distribution are 10 times more likely to become inventors than those from families in the bottom 50 percent, and that over 80 percent… Continue reading
Jan 05 18 predictions for 2018 and beyond By Vikram Mansharamani With the start of the new year, here are 18 predictions of what big trends and events over the next five years. Continue reading