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Happy Sunday. Welcome to the best of The Conversation.
First, here are some of our just-published stories:
Banks failing. Interest rates rising. Investors scrambling as the U.S. nears a potential default. Finance news, one of my beats, has been dominating the headlines lately, with big stakes for not just the U.S. economy but the rest of the world too.
Why does the U.S. regularly encounter banking turmoil as it saw with the sale of troubled First Republic Bank? As economists Alexandra Digby, Robson Hiroshi Hatsukami Morgan and Dollie Davis write, the bank crisis is a story of risk – or more specifically incentives in the financial system that reward excessive risk-taking. Meanwhile, the Fed raised interest rates again last week, which continues to send ripples throughout the economy and even sustainability-focused investing.
Later this week, we’ll bring you stories about the debt ceiling, clothes moths and the voice inside your head when you’re reading.
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Bryan Keogh
Deputy Managing Editor and Senior Editor of Economy and Business
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Thousands of cannabis-derived products are now on the market.
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Prakash Nagarkatti, University of South Carolina; Mitzi Nagarkatti, University of South Carolina
Researchers are working to determine how and which cannabis products can help those suffering from chronic pain or serious illness. But science is having a hard time keeping up with the booming market.
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Kelsey Pukelis, Harvard Kennedy School
A team of economists looked at what happened after Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program work requirements were reinstated in Virginia in 2013.
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Shannon Schmoll, Michigan State University
Not all lunar eclipses are alike. An astronomer explains the science behind the slight dimming of the Moon on May 5, 2023.
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Brian Anthony Keeling, Binghamton University, State University of New York; Rolf Quam, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Scientists had figured a fossil found in Spain more than a century ago was from a Neandertal. But a new analysis suggests it could be from a lost lineage of our species, Homo sapiens.
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Jeremy P. Shapiro, Case Western Reserve University
A psychologist explains how opponents of climate policies use a common thinking error to manipulate the public – and why people are so susceptible.
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Editors' picks
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Another U.S. bank bit the dust.
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Alexandra Digby, University of Rochester; Dollie Davis, Minerva University; Robson Hiroshi Hatsukami Morgan, Minerva University
The cause of banking crises since the debacle in the 1980s remains unchanged. Incentives encourage executives to take excessive risks, with few consequences if bets turn bad. It’s happening again.
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Loren Henderson, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Ruby Mendenhall, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Chronic stress from living with systemic racism and gun violence can lead to increased symptoms of PTSD and depression as well as elevated cortisol levels.
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Sehoon Kim, University of Florida
Three forces are pulling down ESG’s once-rapid rise in the investment world.
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David Arditi, University of Texas Arlington
The writers strike lays bare all the ills of working on one of the lowest rungs of the entertainment industry.
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Colin Marshall, University of Washington
Immanuel Kant’s ideas about respect are still important today, in a world where social media and echo chambers make manipulation easy.
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News Quiz 🧠
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Fritz Holznagel, The Conversation
Questions this week about Russell Crowe, Charles III, Janet Yellen, Karl Lagerfeld and more.
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