Do renewable energy investments create local jobs?
Why do renewable energy projects face local opposition despite job creation, and how do their economic impacts differ between solar and wind projects?
I do plan to do that in the future, just not the near future
Tim Fish and Ondine Bradbury examines pre-service teachers (PSTs) from two Australian universities regarding their involvement in rural professional experience (PE) placements and their potential impact on future career choices.
December 2024 Federal Reserve Inflation Rate Decision
The Federal Reserve concluded its rate cut cycle based on an assessment of factors aligning with its updated economic projections and inflation goals. Chair Powell’s comments offered insights into the timing of future rate adjustments, including the possibility of a pause. Additionally, the Federal Reserve plans to address concerns about asset price inflation and labor market strength while navigating these economic conditions.
Induction of Social Contagion
What is social contagion? How does friendship-nomination targeting enhance the spread of health education and behaviors in social networks?
The Discursive Evolution of Human Rights Law
How does a novel database approach provide new insights into human rights debates and evolving trends?
An early indicator for anomalous stock market performance
How can a real-time indicator detect over 80% of stock market anomalies, including the 1987 Bubble and 2007 Financial Crisis?
Affirmatively Furthering Health Equity
How can policies effectively bridge the gap in health disparities?
Do Billboard Advertisements Increase Voter Turnout?
Can billboard advertisements really sway voter participation? A comprehensive study during the 2020 U.S. general election explores their impact across diverse locales, revealing minimal overall effects on turnout.
Election Integrity in a One-Party Dictatorship
How did allegations of voter fraud at a 1949 Leningrad party conference spark the Leningrad Affair and reveal the role of elections in Stalin-era governance?
International tax competition with rising intangible capital and financial globalization
Are global economic trends influencing government decisions on profit taxation?
Weather deviations linked to undocumented migration and return between Mexico and the United States
How do weather extremes influence undocumented migration between Mexico and the United States, and what are the impacts on the decisions of these migrants to return?
The Poverty of Disaster: Debt and Insecurity in Eighteenth-Century Britain
Tawny Paul discusses the 18th-century Britain reality of economic insecurity
Monetary Sanctions as a Pound of Flesh
How does the punishing practice of monetary sanctions highlight the unequal relationship between the state and its citizens, especially the poor and marginalized?
The Making of the “Good Bad” Job: How Algorithmic Management Manufactures Consent Through Constant and Confined Choices
Lindsey D. Cameron explores how a new relation of production—the shift from human managers to algorithmic managers on digital platforms—manufactures workplace consent.
Achieving Mutual Understanding Without Saying a Word
Moqi is a commonly understood concept in China, describing a shared, unspoken understanding between two people. Despite its frequent use in daily life, the theoretical exploration of moqi has been limited.
What is assisted dying and how could UK law change?
MPs have voted in favor of a bill to legalize assisted dying in England and Wales, with 330 votes in support and 275 against after a passionate debate. The proposed Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill would allow terminally ill adults expected to die within six months to end their own lives under strict safeguards. These include being over 18, having mental capacity to make an informed decision, approval from two independent doctors, and confirmation by a High Court judge, followed by a 14-day reflection period.
The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)
The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) is a free trade agreement signed in 2018 by 11 Pacific Rim countries after the US withdrew from the earlier Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). It reduces tariffs, improves market access, and creates unified trade rules across key sectors like digital services and food safety. In 2023, the UK became the first European member, raising the bloc’s GDP share to 15% of the global economy.
Martial law in South Korea
Martial law in South Korea, invoked during periods of political turmoil, allowed military leaders to deploy troops, suspend civil rights, and suppress opposition. Key events included coups led by Gen. Park Chung-hee in 1961 and Maj. Gen. Chun Doo-hwan in 1979, both using martial law to consolidate power and stifle pro-democracy movements. The constitution permits martial law during severe crises but restricts its use, leading to controversy over its abuse in suspending democratic institutions and freedoms.
The Syrian conflict explained
The Syrian conflict began in 2011 with peaceful protests against high unemployment, corruption, and lack of political freedom, inspired by the Arab Spring, but escalated into a brutal war after the government used deadly force against demonstrators. Over the years, multiple groups, including the Free Syrian Army, Kurdish forces, Islamic State, and international players like Russia, Iran, Turkey, and Western powers, have become involved, creating a fragmented conflict with no clear frontlines. Millions remain displaced and reliant on humanitarian aid, facing ongoing violence, crime, and the challenges of returning to uncertain conditions in their homes.
Wellbeing in the legal profession
How does the issue of wellbeing intersect with workplace culture, gender equality, and professionalism in the legal profession?
Posthumanist new materialist pathways for reimagining music education research
How can embracing posthumanist new materialist perspectives revolutionize the way we understand and engage with music education research, by acknowledging the orchestration of human and nonhuman elements in creating novel educational encounters?
Carbon Emissions Trading and Environmental Protection
How effective are emissions trading systems are at reducing carbon emissions and boosting renewable energy usage globally?
The Risk and Return of Impact Investing Funds
How does impact investing fare in balancing financial returns with social or environmental goals, and what are its implications on investment risk profiles and strategies?
Networks of relationalities through the lens of material culture
How does examining the intricate web of interactions between the nation, empire, and material culture through concepts like intersectionality and assemblage alter our understanding of global power dynamics and colonial legacies?
Stronger Issues, Weaker Predispositions
How do moral issues like abortion and gay rights shape American political alignments more decisively than authoritarianism? Explore Paul Goren’s insights in “Stronger Issues, Weaker Predispositions,” revealing the underestimated power of cultural conflicts in political behavior.
Interim CEO Successions: Implications for CEO Successor Selection and Subsequent Firm Performance
Can interim CEO appointments truly benefit a firm’s search for the right leader or does the disruption outweigh the advantages? This study examines how interim and direct CEO successions impact firm performance, delving into the complexities of CEO selection during challenging scenarios.
Capital Commitment
How does ex-ante commitment in private equity funds impact investor portfolios, and why do commitment risk premiums persist even with increased liquidity and diversification?
Fiscal policy volatility and capital misallocation
How does fiscal policy volatility influence capital allocation efficiency in China’s manufacturing sector?
Long-term organ cryopreservation and life-sustaining kidney transplantation in a rat model
Could cryopreservation revolutionize organ transplantation by allowing planned procedures and equitable access through technology like nanowarming, shown to effectively restore full renal function in vitrified rat kidneys?
Least cost pathways to a low carbon electricity system for Australia
How can we design a cost-effective, reliable low-carbon energy system by 2050 while balancing renewables, emissions, and infrastructure upgrades?
Effects of monetary policy on household expectations: The role of homeownership
How does the Federal Reserve’s communication influence household inflation expectations, and what does this reveal about the effectiveness of monetary policy on diverse economic agents?
Like Ships That Pass in the Night
How do U.S. and German approaches to FRAND-committed SEPs differ, particularly on injunctive relief and antitrust law, and what does this reveal about global patent dispute resolution?
Allied Air Attacks and Civilian Harm in Italy, 1940–1945 Bombing among Friends
How did Allied bombing strategies in Italy evolve from targeting military facilities to actions that caused even greater civilian harm after Italy’s surrender in 1943?
Syria Crisis: Al-Jolani’s Leadership
How could Al-Jolani’s leadership shape Syria’s future, and what challenges might HTS face in gaining broader governance support and international recognition?
Syria Crisis: Power Dynamics, Justice, and Reconstruction in Post-Assad Syria
How will Assad’s fall impact Middle East geopolitics, justice for victims, and Syria’s stability?