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November 15, 2021
“We’ve never recorded as many people talking about high home prices or high appliance prices or high TV prices,” said Richard Curtin, director of the Surveys of Consumers at the U-M Institute for Social Research. “We get a large share of people talking about the reduction of their living standards due to inflation,” made worse because “consumers see no effective economic policies that would restrain inflation.”
Bloomberg -
November 12, 2021
Research by Gregory Tarlé, professor of physics, and colleagues suggests that as the universe expands at an accelerating rate, black holes grow larger, too. Supermassive black holes have masses huge enough and lifetimes long enough to be affected by this expansion, the astrophysicists say. And it’s not that everything is simply getting bigger — huge masses like galaxies are getting farther away from us as the space in between expands.
Gizmodo -
November 12, 2021
The move away from agroforestry — the integration of trees and shrubs to create a more ecologically diverse system that provides an abundance of crops and environmental benefits for farmers — has heralded a true crisis for coffee and the livelihoods of those who produce it, says Ivette Perfecto, professor of environment and sustainability: “The kind of system that is intensive coffee plantations, or very large-scale coffee monocultures, I see that as the crisis.”
Vox -
November 12, 2021
Even as large industrial companies shrink by spinning off divisions or forming separate entities, information technology giants have amassed a collection of businesses. “The technology has so many applications that a giant company with lots of cash might be able to operate in a lot of different industries more effectively,” said Jerry Davis, professor of management and organizations. “We might be at a stage of evolution where conglomerates may still make sense for IT in a way that they would not for, say, manufacturing.”
The Wall Street Journal -
November 11, 2021
“With the change in transmission patterns, as the variants have emerged — I call it a parade of variants — we now see much more extensive transmission and much more uniform spread globally. This makes declaring the end of the pandemic more difficult,” said Arnold Monto, professor of epidemiology.
CNN -
November 11, 2021
“If it’s a campaign war room, that’s one thing. But the question is: To what extent are they looking at blocking the certification of the election? The Eastman memo is a real smoking gun. It really appears to be a concerted effort here,” said Barbara McQuade, professor from practice of law, on the U.S. House investigation of the Capitol riot and a memo from lawyer John Eastman that laid out how Donald Trump could try to invalidate the election results.
The New York Times -
November 11, 2021
“You’ll need some fundamental shifts to continue this growth rate. There’s this race between declining costs and this increasing difficulty of deployment,” said Michael Craig, assistant professor of environment and sustainability, on the fourfold increase since 2011 in the proportion of electricity the U.S. gets from solar and wind.
The Washington Post -
November 10, 2021
“For a lot of artists, it’s a point of pride to know their work is in the collection of a collector of some repute. There are certain collectors who love to score over their rivals, ‘I got a Richter and you didn’t. Oh, the bragging rights!” said Joan Kee, professor of history of art, on the comments by a New York City gallery owner that he will never divulge the identity of buyers of Hunter Biden’s artwork.
The New York Times -
November 10, 2021
“The COVID-19 crisis and the disruptions it inflicted on our social and professional lives have upended our sense of belonging. And while the damage is not irreparable, it would be a mistake to assume that simply returning to the old physical space or professional norms will suffice,” wrote Jeffrey Sanchez-Burks, professor of management and organizations.
Arabian Business -
November 10, 2021
“A response to climate change, even if it’s well intended, doesn’t necessarily mean it’s going to reduce risk, and that needs to be evaluated,” said Paige Fischer, associate professor of environment and sustainability, whose research found a widespread lack of data showing whether climate adaptation projects around the world are reducing risk.
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