Temple sociologist questions assumptions about tracking and preventing suicide. We can watch the swine flu pandemic unfold before our eyes, minute by minute. Yet there is no equivalent way to monitor suicides.
Though the economy shows signs of improvement, consumers will likely hang onto their new, thriftier spending behavior for the long-haul. Industries that survive will likely emerge from the crisis in a very different form.
The debt-saddled U.S. government doesn't have to just give away billions of taxpayer dollars that will help struggling homeowners stave off foreclosure, according to a new study by a University of Illinois law and labor expert.
Banks are being hammered by toxic assets, which begs the question: if it's toxic, can it be an asset? While linguists might disagree, University of Iowa accounting professor Bruce Johnson says the term "toxic asset" describes them well, even though there is no such thing, as far as accountants are concerned.
Envy is the new greed according to professors at Washington University in St. Louis. While greed has been blamed for most of financial sector's problems, new research indicates envy is the real culprit. Researches warn envy is driving top talent from Wall Street and the banking industry and it could wreak even more havoc on the economy in the months to come.
As more and more companies consider bankruptcy to deal with sky-high debt and an economy in recession, new research by University of Iowa finance professor Erik Lie suggests companies that enter bankruptcy emerge too soon and still have too much debt to survive long term.
Graduating Senior David Helms, 32 years old, will walk away with a degree in one hand and a job in biopharmaceuticals in the other. As many Americans struggle with the tough decisions uncertain economic times bring, this UNC Wilmington student's success is proof that taking a risk and working hard can bring huge rewards.
Legalized gambling is weighing down a global economy already mired in its deepest downturn since the Great Depression, according to a new collection of research that renews decades-old calls to outlaw betting.
A recent CDC study ranks Kentuckians as experiencing the highest rate of frequent emotional distress in the country - a surprise to many. Psychologist C. Nathan DeWall of the University of Kentucky sheds some light on what is stressing out the citizens of the Bluegrass state.
A growing chorus of complaints about the U.S. government's "unfunded" debts may be unsettling, but no cause to become unnerved, a University of Illinois tax expert says.
Even as the United States faces the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, businesses are spending more money on innovation, according to a recent Wall Street Journal report. Keith Sawyer, Ph.D., assistant professor of education and psychology at Washington University in St. Louis and one of the country's leading experts on the science of creativity, says that investing in innovation is one of the best ways to beat the recession.
Choice Hotel International topped the Rosenberg Center Franchise 50 Index at the University of New Hampshire in the fourth quarter of 2008, one of seven index components to weather the recession during the period.
Dr. Mary Capelli-Schellpfeffer, medical director for Loyola University Health System's Occupational Health Services, offers tips on staying healthy and keeping the office positive and productive amidst stressful economic times.
With tight budgets and economic uncertainty, departments in corporations nationwide are becoming more accountable for measurement. To meet these measurement expectations, successful businesses employ software and personnel with the acumen to translate the information in a way that speaks to the organization's strategic goals. The business that aren't obtaining this kind of business intelligence, according to an expert at Saint Joseph's University, are "operating below the curve."
Banning gambling is among the best bets to reverse a deep recession that has crippled the global economy, according to a new collection of books that offer the most comprehensive analysis ever on the financial perils of wagering.
American University experts are available to discuss the G20 global financial summit in London, England, on Thursday, April 2.
A new study by a University of Arkansas researcher suggests that big business in some economies might be excessively stable, and that this phenomenon is inimical to economic growth. Specifically, results show that sustained economic growth entails new corporate giants arising and undermining the old leviathans.
The recession has crimped the retirement dreams of America's aging Baby Boomers "“ and that's good news for the economy, said a noted financial planner and Texas Tech University professor.
Be sure to call on the right source if you are looking for help in foreclosure prevention, an organization on the Department of Housing and Urban Development's list of approved agencies.
Two university presidents "“ one leading a major public research institution, the other a retired leader from a major private school "“ will discuss higher education's challenges during the nation's economic crisis - the very moment when they have a vital role to play in the recovery. Part of former U.S. Archivist Allen Weinstein's "American Conversations" series.
In humorist Garrison Keillor's fictional hometown of Lake Wobegon, all children are above average. Corporations may want investors to believe the same thing about highly paid CEOs and this effect may explain high CEO pay, according to a new study by two researchers in the University of Utah's David Eccles School of Business.
Economic historian Robert Whaples says he and the "vast, vast majority" of his peers are more optimistic about the future than a recent poll found average Americans to be. Whaples, who is department chair and professor of economics at Wake Forest University, even says he has come to see the field of economics not as the so-called "dismal science" but rather as the "cheerful science."
There is no question that the recent economic crisis has wreaked havoc on companies and on families across the country. Now, a recent study of 300 married, working couples conducted by Wayne Hochwarter, the Jim Moran Professor of Management at Florida State University's College of Business, is revealing just how deeply the crunch is being felt.
As the economy continues to toll heavily on the minds of the general public and the federal government works to provide relief, sociologists are examining the causes, consequences and long-term implications of the current economic crisis for Americans, corporations and government institutions.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's recommendations to address the systemic risks in the financial system are missing a key element "“ addressing excessive asset price swings, according to economist Michael Goldberg at the University of New Hampshire.
Cotton prices will drop and the U.S. market share will shrink as the economy crunches mill demand.
A Baylor University researcher has come up with a new approach to counseling and coaching for everyday people who need a scientific roadmap to making their dreams come true.
After dramatic increases in the prices of most commodities in the last three years, prices retreat in 2009/10, but growing demand for food, feed, and fuel is expected to return them to historically high levels over the rest of the decade, according to analysts with the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI).
Economic forecasts are dismal, yet many Southwesterners in Arizona, Nevada, Texas and New Mexico are optimistic that conditions in the U.S. will improve over the next year, according to the most recent Arizona State University-Southwest Poll.
Stabilizing or destabilizing? Good or bad? Many have debated the positives and negatives of sovereign wealth fund investments, which are pools of money that foreign governments, China in particular, have invested for profit in a number of U.S. investment banks. None, however, have shed light on the fundamental question: Do such investments help or hurt?
Michael Goldberg, the Roland H. O'Neal Professor of Economics at the University of New Hampshire, has proposed new ways to regulate the financial sector at a national conference recently that included some of the world's foremost economists and business experts.
University of Wisconsin-Madison sociologist Pamela Herd has been a scholar of Social Security for more than a decade, but her most poignant lesson may have come from her own mother's experience last fall.
Andreas Rauterkus, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of finance at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). A native of Frankfurt, Germany, Rauterkus has earned finance degrees from universities in both Europe and the United States. His research, which has been funded by the FDIC among others, includes in-depth examinations of financial institutions with an emphasis on conflicts of interest situations in international banking.
Leaders of organizations representing tens of thousands of American nonprofit organizations are calling for a reinvigorated and empowered partnership between government and the nonprofit, or "citizen sector," to address our country's social, economic, and environmental problems and improve the quality of community life.
Like state and local governments and private businesses, America's 1.4 million nonprofit organizations have many major "shovel-ready" infrastructure projects on hold because of the credit crisis, according to a new survey.
"Nine in ten dual-income couples in New York State feel there is some risk that one or both of their jobs might not exist in the next couple of years," says Ithaca College sociologist Stephen Sweet, lead author of the study "Dual Earners in Double Jeopardy: Preparing for Job Loss in the New Risk Economy." Satellite Uplink available on campus.
The Institute for Good Medicine at the Pennsylvania Medical Society offers 10 ways for consumers to spend less on their health care during a recession.
Unfortunately, in an economy like today's, Matthew Brink, director of Career Development at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia, has no secret tricks for landing a job. "It's all about using the tried and true tactics for job hunting, but giving the process more time and effort," he says.
University of Iowa finance professor Todd Houge says he's cautiously optimistic that U.S. stocks have greater upside potential than they've had recently and that prices have already factored in a lot of bad economic news.
"As the two versions of the bill move to conference committee, we hope Congressional negotiators maintain the House bill's strong investments in education, clean energy and America's natural resources - all proven ways to stimulate shovel-ready projects and rapidly create jobs," said NWF's Adam Kolton.
Tuesday, Feb. 10, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced the details of its latest financial bailout measure, the Financial Stability and Recovery Plan.
Public support is growing for expenditures on mass transit and infrastructure and remains high for education and health care, according to a National Opinion Research Center survey at the University of Chicago that has been following spending trends for 35 years.
Each day brings news of more job losses and more home foreclosures in California, pushing more people out onto the streets of our cities. Project Homeless Connect is offering hope to these people, providing vital services to get them off the streets, into housing, and even back into work.
During these times when it seems as if there is socialism for the wealthy and capitalism for the poor (given today's NYT' story about the shrinking welfare rolls) and in the wake of the three murder/suicide cases of entire families due to financial stress/debt/job loss that took place across the nation last week, including one in Annapolis, Jodi Jacobson, PhD, assistant professor at the University of Maryland School of Social Work, whose research falls into work/life, work crisis, offers some advice to those who are suffering stress and emotional fallout over the current financial picture. She is the chair of the Employee Assistance Program track at the School.
The impact of President Obama's proposals on the economy and on the American public is the topic of discussion for University of California, Berkeley faculty Tom Campbell and Barry Eichengreen, moderated by award-winning NBC4 reporter Conan Nolan. This presentation will review the background of the economic crisis, discuss the current efforts and their impact, and provide insight into how to manage personal finances and investments.
"Whether you are a millionaire (probably losing at least 30 to 40 percent of your assets), or a construction worker unable to find work, you are facing the same common enemy. You cannot fix the economic crisis but you can survive. The following tips for those at both ends of the financial spectrum can help your psychological survival." (This column is for free and immediate use)
In the latest report from the Georgia Tech Financial Analysis Lab, located in the College of Management, Professor Charles Mulford warns of increased tax payment risks to capital-intensive companies. He identifies companies that may be facing increased taxes from a reduction in capital spending that may arise from the slowing economy.
Reporters seeking an expert to discuss the mental toll that massive job losses in the United States could have on society and individuals can contact UAB sociologist Patricia Drentea, Ph.D. Drentea studies the sociology of work, debt and stress, and family and equity issues. She is available 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 4 and 3:15-4:15 p.m. Thursday Feb. 5.
The Obama administration's economic stimulus initiatives should include investment in infrastructure to decrease obesity, providing an immediate and long-term boost to the economy and to public health, argues a commentary in the February 4 JAMA.
The recent severe downturn in the stock market may further reduce stock ownership by African American and other minority investors, new research suggests. Minorities, who had long trailed whites in stock ownership had begun to catch up between 1992 and 2001. But a new study found that those gains largely disappeared around the time of the major stock market downturn in 2002.
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