Reproductive Technology, Motherhood, and Feminism
Would advanced reproductive technology advance professional opportunities for women? Early feminist thinkers debate.
The Biggest US Housing Subsidy is For The Rich
The National Tax Journal looked at how significant the US housing subsidy is and what the effects of repealing or altering it would be.
What Happens to Kids When You Give Families a Universal Basic Income?
A town in Cherokee, North Carolina is an experiment on how a universal basic income affects kids.
GMOs, Inequality and World Hunger
In a 2008 paper for the British Journal of Criminology, Reese Walters looked at GMO crops from an entirely different perspective.
How Real Estate Became a Global Commodity
A New York Times investigation is looking at the purchase of New York real estate by wealthy buyers from other countries.
What is Emotional Labor Worth?
Emotional labor is a concept that sociologist Arlie Hochschild developed in the 1983 book The Managed Heart.
Why Everyone Thinks They’re a Victim of Tax Policy
The House of Representatives recently agreed to extend some business tax breaks retroactively into 2014. But the Wall ...
Quantitative Research in 2015, as Imagined in 1990
If you want to get some perspective how much quantitative research has changed in the past few decades, try going back to 1990.
The Demographics of U.S. Holiday Gift-giving
In a 1991 paper for the Journal of Consumer Research studied the effects of income, family size, and other demographic differences on gift-giving patterns.