West Coast economist Brandon Ware was inspired to research food deserts when he had to drive nearly five miles before finding what he called “a full-fledged grocery store” while visiting family in Michigan. Food deserts are urban areas where residents have little or no access to affordable, fresh healthy food. Ware, an associate professor of…
Ph.D students at Duke University in Durham voted overwhelmingly in favor of unionizing Tuesday, the result of a years-long campaign to bargain collectively with the university. When the election is certified, the graduate student workers will form the first graduate union at a private university in the South and one of the largest unions in…
Global household wealth — basically, total assets — declined in 2022. That’s according to a new report from UBS, the Swiss financial giant. At the same time, global wealth inequality also fell. Global wealth data gives us a sense of where wealth is concentrated. “The gaps are so enormous that for the same person having such…
The August gathering of the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity’s Diversity Initiative for Tenure in Economics wrapped up last Thursday amid a flurry of presentations, honors, and enthusiastic discussion. The program, which provides mentorship and workshops to aid the transition from junior faculty status to associate professor for economists from underrepresented groups, continued…
By: Grace Vitaglione Eleanor Tyson, 22, is from Winston-Salem and is a public policy master’s student at UNC Chapel Hill. She’ll be taking out a loan to go to school, adding to her current student debt. As a freshman, Tyson said she didn’t know much about student loans or high interest rates. Now she’s worried…
