Delivery workers and others who ensure most people don’t have to go outside for essential goods are creating what economic theorists call an uncompensated ‘positive externality.’
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The coronavirus pandemic is shaking a system that was pretty wobbly already.
With home deliveries surging, more of the packages we receive may be vulnerable to ‘porch pirates.’ A criminal justice expert led a team to get a closer look at how these thieves operate.
Coronavirus may fundamentally reshape some areas of how we life our lives.
Amazon’s new TV series series divided the critics, but almost everyone agrees that it takes problematic liberties in its representation of Auschwitz.
Fewer books will be available to South Africans, and the books remaining under copyright will be more expensive, if the country gives in to US pressure to extend its copyright term.
The long history of racist beauty standards alone cannot explain the ongoing global use of harmful skin lighteners.
The climate action plans of three companies in different industries – Delta Air Lines, Amazon and Microsoft – illuminate the three key strategies needed to cut carbon emissions.
Trees in tropical forests are more than carbon sponges – they’re cultural artefacts.
Hey Alexa, who are you sharing my data with?
About 24,000 square miles of Amazon rainforest have been deforested over the last decade.
Innovation is integral to the success of Canadian retailers and encouraging consumers to shop in stores as well as online. The big strategic risk is not innovating and failing, but failing to innovate.
Now in its tenth year in the UK, the great American post-Thanksgiving bonanza is starting to look like a turkey.
Destruction of rainforests through wildfires or deforestation may harm human health. As these forests disappear, we may be losing precious medicinal plants that hold treatments for various diseases.
The gap between rich and poor is at record levels in the U.S., yet it varies widely among the states. A political scientist explains why.
Personal data is valued primarily because data can be turned into a private asset. That has significant implications for political and societal choices.
Flexibility is just a euphemism for exploitation.
The likes of Alexa and Siri shouldn’t blindly aim to sound and behave like us - their voices need to reflect what they can actually do.
There’s no First Amendment in the workplace, which leaves worker activists at the whim of their employers.
Reversing the damage from fires in Brazil’s rainforest is not as simple as allowing trees to grow back. Decades of research shows how fires degrade their long-term health and utility.
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