States Provide Model

Hospital care costs are out of control. Price caps can help.

By Andy Ryan and Roslyn Murray of Brown University

Public Safety

The surgeon general has new social media guidelines. Minnesota already made some of them into law.

By Ravi Iyer of the University of Southern California

Waiver Program

America’s visa system is stifling science and innovation

By Hyo Kang of University of Southern California

SALES PITCHES

AI Influencers Can Now Rep Your Brand. Should They?

By Lu Zhang of Michigan State University

labor costs

Politicians claim regulation hurts small businesses. When you look at real-world data, the truth is more complicated

By Michael Simkovic & Ben Zhang of the University of Southern California

gun violence

There Is One Major Element Missing From the Debate on Kids and Social Media

By Desmond Patton of the University of Pennsylvania

staying competitive

4 ways business schools can prepare students to work in an AI-fueled future

By Stephen Spinelli of Babson College

Deals and Consolidation

Private equity is buying up health care, but the real problem is why doctors are selling

By Chris Whaley & Yashaswini Singh of Brown University

MEASURES OF WELL-BEING

New Research Breaks Down How Health and Wealth Impact Well-Being

By Neha Bairoliya, University of Southern California

FIXING INEQUALITY

It’s Time for an Expansive New Labor Movement

By Leslie McCall, CUNY, and Jennifer Sherman, Washington State University

HOW WE ADAPT

Banks Must Help Communities Combat Climate Change

By Rodney Ramcharan, University of Southern California

WORK SMARTER

AI is Going to Change How You Send Emails. Here’s How.

By Stephen Lind, University of Southern California

BIG DATA

We Need to Focus on How Our Data Is Used, Not Just How It is Shared

By Katrina Ligett, Hebrew University, and Kobbi Nissim, Georgetown University

ACADEMIC WRITING

Research Getting Buried? Change How You Write

By Reihane Boghrati, Arizona State University

OVERPAID PLANS

How Medicare Can Save $500 Billion

By Andrew Ryan and David Meyers, Brown University

PESSIMISM BIAS

Why No One Can Agree If the Economy is Good or Bad

By Camelia Kuhnen, University of North Carolina