All posts by The Conversation

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  Global evidence links rise in extreme precipitation to human-driven climate change

  The 2017 hurricane season in Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico and the extreme monsoon rains over India and Bangladesh in 2017 are two examples.

  • Posted July 6, 2021
• Vaccine mandates aren’t the only – or easiest – way for employers to compel workers to get their shots

  Elizabeth C. Tippett, University of Oregon A workplace showdown may be brewing over mandating vaccinations. Employers would love the sense of certainty that comes with a vaccinated workforce. Workers can be brought back sooner than later, there’s...

  • Posted July 6, 2021
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  The oil industry says it might support a carbon tax – here’s why that could be good for producers and the public alike

  By Richard Schmalensee, Professor Emeritus, Member of National Bureau of Economic Research Board of Directors, MIT Sloan School of Management and David Schoenbrod, Professor of Law, New York Law School

  • Posted June 29, 2021
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  What are tax havens? The answer explains why the G-7 effort to end them is unlikely to succeed

  By Beverly Moran, Professor Emerita of Law, Vanderbilt University

  • Posted June 29, 2021
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  Is tax avoidance ethical? Asking on behalf of a few billionaire friends

  By Erin Bass, Associate Professor of Management, University of Nebraska Omaha

  • Posted June 10, 2021
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  I’m fully vaccinated but feel sick – should I get tested for COVID-19?

  By Arif R. Sarwari, Physician, Associate Professor of Infectious Diseases, Chair of Department of Medicine, West Virginia University

  • Posted June 9, 2021
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  Employees are feeling burned over broken work-from-home promises and corporate culture ‘BS’ as employers try to bring them back to the office

  By Kimberly Merriman, Professor of Management, Manning School of Business, University of Massachusetts Lowell; David Greenway, Doctoral Candidate in Leadership/Organization Studies, University of Massachusetts Lowell, and Tamara Montag-Smit, Assistant Professor of Business, University of Massachusetts Lowell

  • Posted June 9, 2021
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  Hurricanes, wildfires, tornadoes, floods – whatever your local risk, here’s how to be more weather-ready

  By Erik Salna, Associate Director of Education and Outreach, Extreme Events Institute, Florida International University

  • Posted June 9, 2021
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  578,555 people have died from COVID-19 in the US, or maybe it’s 912,345 – here’s why it’s hard to count

  By Ronald D. Fricker Jr., Professor of Statistics and Senior Associate Dean, Virginia Tech

  • Posted May 27, 2021
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  Why you should get a COVID-19 vaccine – even if you’ve already had the coronavirus

  By Jennifer T. Grier, Clinical Assistant Professor of Immunology, University of South Carolina

  • Posted May 27, 2021