The spread of the "Occupy Wall Street" movement to cities across the country has led to a national discussion on the role of corporations and brought the term "corporate personhood" to the fore in recent weeks.
Kay E. Strong, Associate Professor of Economics at Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, Ohio writes, “The emergence of the 99% Movement is evidence of a healthy dynamic system in action... and the first visible populist challenge to the power and wealth distortions of the America’s "Big Men" since the 1960s."
Professor Tom Sutton, Chair of the Department of Political Science at Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, Ohio offer analysis of Occupy Wall Street, looking at parallels and differences with the Tea Party Movement.
Katherine S. Newman, a sociologist at Johns Hopkins University and dean of the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, is available to speak to reporters about how sales taxes, income taxes, and regressive tax plans impact American families of all income levels.
Two Washington and Lee University economists leading a group of researchers have found that individuals who have suffered from long-term unemployment in the past year — those unemployed for longer than 25 weeks — are three times more likely than people employed throughout the past year to experience mental-health issues for the first time.
Social Security recipients will receive a cost of living adjustment (COLA) of 3.6 percent beginning in 2012 — the first increase since 2009 — but it won’t go far enough, says Merton C. Bernstein, LLB, a nationally recognized expert on Social Security. “COLA is welcome but will not fully maintain beneficiary purchasing power,” says Bernstein, the Walter D. Coles Professor Emeritus at the Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. “The formula setting that rate does not meet fully the needs of Social Security recipients, especially when considering medical costs.”
The Occupy Wall Street movement could offer a similar opportunity to left-wing politicians as the Tea Party movement did to the right, says a Vanderbilt University historian.
University of Pennsylvania researchers found that homeowners in default or foreclosure showed an increase in mental health symptoms and physical symptoms.
Persistent high poverty is most prevalent among children, with those living in rural America disproportionally impacted, according to researchers from the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire.
The already complex nature of European management is further complicated by inter-country politics. Therefore, it's not surprising to see a small country like Slovakia in a position to scuttle the euro zone plan.
Solomon W. Polachek, distinguished professor at Binghamton University, is available to discuss the reasons for the uptick in protest action – on Wall Street and around the globe. The reason? Economics.
The Occupy Wall Street protest – and similar protests cropping up nationwide – are not spontaneous, according to Thomas Ratliff, sociology professor at Tennessee Tech University.
Two University of Cincinnati researchers will present interdisciplinary research at a national conference on planning and development of communities.
The angel investor market in the first two quarters of 2011 showed signs of stabilization since the 30 percent market correction in the second half of 2008 and the first half of 2009, with total investments totaling $8.9 billion, an increase of 4.7 percent over the same period in 2010, according to the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire.
While previous research suggests that high unemployment results in election backlash for the incumbent party, current economic conditions have not translated into negative views of the future among African Americans and Latinos, says University of Arkansas political scientist Todd Shields.
Transformative Consumer Research for Personal and Collective Well-Being, co-edited by David Mick, explores the pitfalls and promises of well-being in a modern consumer-based society.
As the Occupy Wall Street protest movement gains momentum and recognition via mainstream media, Florida State University’s nationally regarded experts in communication and sociology are available to answer media questions and provide analysis.
Iowa's State Housing Trust Fund is responding well to the demand for affordable housing in the state, according to an Iowa State University study. However, during the eight years of the program's existence, roughly 70,000 more Iowans tumbled into poverty, creating an affordable housing need that is unmet - and largely unknown.
Bank of America’s plan to begin charging customers $5 a month for using its debit card has been met with resistance from citizens and members of Congress alike. In fact, there is some reputational capital at risk as a result of this kind of charge, says a banking expert at Washington University in St. Louis.
Growing up in a poor neighborhood significantly reduces the chances that a child will graduate from high school, according to a study published in the October issue of the American Sociological Review. And, the longer a child lives in that kind of neighborhood, the more harmful the impact.
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