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May 18, 2023
More families are food insecure now than they were 20 years ago, said Noura Insolera, a research investigator at the Institute for Social Research: “The real wages have decreased and then prices are going up. Even if you’re working full-time you just don’t have enough.”
The Detroit News -
May 18, 2023
A common form of greenwashing “is a hidden trade-off between the company’s market activities and its political activities,” said Tom Lyon, professor of business economics and public policy, and environment and sustainability. “You may get a company that says, ‘Look at this, we invested $5 million in renewable energy last year.’ They may not tell you that they spent $100 billion drilling for oil in a sensitive location (and) … $50 million lobbying against climate legislation.”
Salon -
May 17, 2023
Joint bank accounts can help control spending and lead to a happier marriage, suggests research by Scott Rick, associate professor of marketing. “With separate accounts, you really get into scorekeeping: ‘Well I paid this, and you paid that.’ You want to get away from ‘his’ money and ‘her’ money and you want to get into ‘our’ money,” he said. “It might tamp down some more extravagant spending.”
MarketWatch -
May 17, 2023
“If anything, the pandemic has shown us just how important social interaction is for overall mental and physical health and how much more attention we need to pay to this from a clinical, policy and personal perspective,” said Preeti Malani, professor of internal medicine, whose research found that one in three people between 50 and 80 say they sometimes or often experience loneliness.
National Public Radio -
May 17, 2023
“The depositors — they have calmed down, I think … (but) stockholders are going to continue to freak out because there is no bailout happening for the stockholders,” said Amiyatosh Purnanandam, professor of finance, on the aftermath of the recent bank failures in which the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. stepped in to make depositors whole — but not bank investors.
Marketplace -
May 16, 2023
Sandra Graham-Bermann, professor of psychology, says uncertainty immediately following the shooting at Michigan State University in February added to the trauma: “The longer (it) goes on, the more likely people are to be troubled by it and worried about it.” The surge in 911 calls came from people “becoming hyper aware of their surroundings, being on guard … a sharpened focus on who and what is around them.”
Bridge Michigan -
May 16, 2023
“With each passing day, the probability of running into technical issues, which will trigger some unpayment, basically increases pretty fast,” said economist Daniil Manaenkov of the Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics. “If there were an actual default (on the U.S. debt limit) and all the cross-default provisions get called, it will basically create, at least temporarily, some chaos in the financial markets.”
MLive -
May 16, 2023
“If you’re distracted from the pain, you perceive less pain, and therefore you are in less pain,” said Mary Janevic, research associate professor of health behavior and health education, whose research shows that pets can help people on an ongoing basis with the daily management of long-term health conditions.
Reader's Digest -
May 15, 2023
“Higher prices can lead to disproportionate harm among households that already struggle paying electricity bills,” said Claire McKenna, Ph.D. student in sustainability and environment, on the use of higher peak-hour pricing by state utilities. Greg Keoleian, professor of environment and sustainability, said the new pricing mechanism is different than other transactions: “Going to the grocery store, you see prices of things and can compare. We don’t think about the difference between drying your clothes in a dryer, instead of putting it on a clothesline.”
The Detroit News -
May 15, 2023
A state House bill that would permit internet voting for spouses of deployed military members is “well intentioned” but could “seriously undermine the security of Michigan’s elections,” said J. Alex Halderman, professor of electrical engineering and computer science. “The bedrock of Michigan elections has long been the simple fact that every vote is cast on a piece of paper which can’t later be changed in any kind of cyber attack.”
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