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January 10, 2022
“It doesn’t require change in the tax treaties. You really only need the agreement of the big economies, where most of the multinationals are based, to make it happen,” said Reuven Avi-Yonah, professor of law, who said the hard part of achieving a global tax deal will be getting multinationals to pay more tax where they make sales, rather than where they have a physical presence.
Financial Times -
January 10, 2022
“There is more to investigate, but a ‘one-and-done’ surgery with a single spinal fusion may be the best option for many of these kids,” said G. Ying Li, associate professor of orthopaedic surgery, whose research shows that young patients with early-onset scoliosis who undergo growth-friendly surgery, rather than a spinal fusion, have significantly increased rates of complications and unplanned surgeries.
U.S. News & World Report -
January 10, 2022
The Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol “demonstrated in a very painful way how fragile our democracy is. It’s not really based on a set of laws, but more a set of common assumptions about representative government, about the simple transfer of power from one administration to the next, and we had, essentially, an organized attempt at a coup,” said Michael Traugott, professor emeritus of communication and political science.
WXYZ/Detroit -
January 7, 2022
“The dominance of the U.S. automakers of the U.S. market is just over. Toyota might not beat GM again this year, but the fact that they did it is symbolic of how the industry changed. No U.S. automaker can think of themselves as entitled to market share just because they’re American,” said Erik Gordon, clinical professor of business, after Toyota announced its annual U.S. sales outpaced General Motors for the first time ever last year.
The New York Times -
January 7, 2022
While some members of the far-right group the Proud Boys have been charged in connection to the Jan. 6 Capitol attack last year, the vast majority of the accused appear to be people who were swept up in the moment, said Javed Ali, associate professor of practice in public policy: “This was not what I would call a sophisticated, professional type of terrorism, plotting and planning that I saw in my days in government.”
The National -
January 7, 2022
“When you see people inside a company interact with real people, especially celebrities, the whole thing just feels so much more human than a message that comes from a brand itself,” said Marcus Collins, clinical assistant professor of marketing, on a recent Twitter exchange between actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Ford Motor Co. CEO Jim Farley about the all-electric F-150 Lightning pickup.
Detroit Free Press -
January 6, 2022
While upgrades to southeast Michigan wastewater treatment plants have reduced phosphorus levels discharged into the Detroit River, it’s agricultural runoff that drives western Lake Erie blooms, says Don Scavia, professor emeritus of environment and sustainability: “Until the phosphorus inputs are reduced significantly and consistently so that only the mildest blooms occur, the people, the ecosystem and the economy of this region are being threatened.”
The Detroit News -
January 6, 2022
Black women have a 44 percent chance of experiencing harmful health events more than six weeks postpartum compared to white women, who have a 29 percent risk, say Lindsay Admon, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology, and Kara Zivin, professor of psychiatry, obstetrics and gynecology, and health management and policy. “We need to acknowledge that recovery from childbirth and associated health issues can develop much later than the period of time that we’ve historically focused on,” Admon said.
WDIV/Detroit -
January 6, 2022
“‘Do your own research’ … may seem to be sound advice … but in practice the idea that people should investigate topics on their own, instinctively skeptical of expert opinion, is often misguided,” co-wrote David Dunning, professor of psychology. “If you are going to do your own research, the research you should do first is on how best to do your own research.”
The New York Times -
January 5, 2022
The siting of polluting industry near poorer people of color has deep roots in America’s troubled racial past, says Paul Mohai, professor of environment and sustainability: “We’ve had hundreds of years of slavery, quickly followed by Jim Crow and other discriminatory laws. We’ve had housing segregation, we’ve had redlining. … We need actual legislation to put teeth into environmental justice policy.”
Detroit Free Press
