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Why Job Loss Affects Men & Women Differently: The Economics of Abuse (opens the original)
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In this episode, Dr. Tanya Wilson, Senior Lecturer in Economics at the Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow, President of the Scottish Economic Society, and an IZA Research Fellow, shares key insights from her research, “Unemployment and Domestic Violence: Theory and Evidence.” In her study “Unemployment and Domestic Violence: Theory and Evidence,” Dr Tanya Wilson resolves why prior studies found little link between total unemployment and intimate partner violence. By disaggregating
The Divided States of America: Why Federalism Doesn’t Work | Dr. Donald Kettl (opens the original)
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Dr. Donald Kettl, Professor Emeritus and former Dean of the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, shares key insights from his book, The Divided States of America: Why Federalism Doesn’t Work, exploring how federalism is pulling the nation apart and what reforms could make the system function more effectively. American federalism, originally designed to balance national authority with local autonomy, has evolved into an engine of geographic inequality and political polarization.
How Deficits and Scarcity Sparked China’s Tech Revolution | Prof. Xuenan Cao (opens the original)
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Dr. Xuenan Cao, Professor and Co-Chair of General Education at San Francisco Bay University and Adjunct Faculty at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, shares key insights from her book, Chinese Media Improvisations: Thriving on Deficits. She offers a compelling and unexpected perspective on China’s technological rise, showing how deficit-driven improvisation has helped shape innovation across media and technology. She explains how scarcity, material constraints, and grassroots problem-solving h
The 5T Framework: A Smarter Daily Routine for Working With AI | Dr. Terri Griffith (opens the original)
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In this Business Talk episode, Dr. Terri Griffith of Simon Fraser University discusses how organizations and professionals can adopt AI responsibly while keeping people, judgment, and learning at the center. She emphasizes that AI adoption is not simply about installing new tools, it requires continuous learning, high-quality data, strong security practices, supportive leadership, and redesigned ways of working. Dr. Griffith introduces the 5T Framework, Target, Times, Talent, Technology, and Tec
Radical Transparency: Where It Builds Trust - and Where It Backfires (opens the original)
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In 1988, Jeffrey Hollender launched Seventh Generation as a small mail order catalog with a big belief: business must serve a greater good. For years, the market wasn’t ready. Sustainable products didn’t yet exist as a category in most consumers’ minds. Then came two turning points. First, Whole Foods began stocking the brand across all its stores. Next, a partnership with Target brought those products to a far wider, mainstream audience. The message also shifted, from “better for the planet” to
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