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Economics

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Privacy At A Price

Is There a Hidden Cost to Opting Out of Internet Cookies?

February 27, 2020

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Public Policy

POV: Medicare for All—Is It Feasible?

June 5, 2019

This visualization of Twitter activity shows how tweets about fake news (orange) spread farther than tweets about real news (teal). IMAGE CREDITS: (IMAGE) PETER BESHAI; (DATA) SOROUSH VOSOUGHI, DEB ROY, AND SINAN ARAL

Economics

Could Taxes Deter the Spread of Harmful Fake News?

May 17, 2019

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Computer Science

BU Experts on Why Patch Fixes Won’t Stop Massive Data Breaches

December 10, 2018

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Economics

How Corporations Disguise Lobbying as Philanthropy

December 3, 2018

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Education

It’s Time to Tell Students What They Need to Know

August 30, 2018

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Economics

BU Researchers: The American Frontier Continues to Shape Us

April 2, 2018

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Government & Law

BU Economist Faults Trump for Steel, Aluminum Tariffs

March 23, 2018

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Economics

Farmers and Forests

February 9, 2018

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Government & Law

Cost of Post 9/11 Wars: $4.6 Trillion

November 16, 2017

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Marketing

Coupons That Track Your Phone

October 11, 2017

Economics

A Treatment for Overtreatment?

October 11, 2017

Business & Social Sciences

Immigrant Stars “Power” Significant Startups

October 11, 2017

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Global Health

Bad Medicine

August 8, 2017

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Business & Social Sciences

Stop the Meeting Madness

July 18, 2017

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Business & Social Sciences

Airbnb Not Hurting Boston Hotel Sector

June 21, 2017

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Climate Change

What If the World’s Major Food Crops Fail at the Same Time?

June 20, 2017

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Climate Change

The High Cost of Summer Energy Price Spikes

June 16, 2017

Economics

Why Ikea Could Shake Up Economics

May 22, 2017

Public Policy

Alternative Energy and Business

May 5, 2017

Alternative Energy and Business