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Brazil Should Welcome Chinese Investors, USC Dornsife Fulbright Fellow Says
December 1, 2011On a humid August day in Rio de Janeiro, USC Dornsife alumna Dawn Powell boarded an un-air-conditioned bus bound for Luís Eduardo Magalhães, an agribusiness town in western Bahia. An hour into the trip, the… more>
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Decisions, Decisions
November 1, 2011Everything in life requires making decisions. Even deciding when — or if — to get out of bed. “Or choosing what to wear,” said Wendy Wood, Provost Professor of Psychology and Business. “How much… more>
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Emotional Economics
November 1, 2011You’re watching Steven Spielberg’s original Jaws for the first time. At the sound of the two threatening cello notes — dun dun — and the sight of a dorsal fin, tension builds and your heart beats like… more>
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Peer Pressure? It's Hardwired Into Our Brains
September 8, 2011The rewards outweigh the risks — when you’re in a group, anyway. A new USC study explains why people take stupid chances, when all of their friends are watching, that they would never take by themselves. … more>
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America's Money Advocate
August 26, 2011David Bach lets the HARPO Studio’s greenroom door close behind him and waits backstage for his final cue. The top button of his blue oxford shirt open and classic black suit perfectly tailored, he’s ready. This is… more>
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Semper Fidelis (Always Faithful)
March 18, 2011In a rural, poppy field-filled area outside Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan, Lt. Col. Russell Todd Zink sat with village elders under a tent in the hot desert sand. It was his first shura — a consultation meeting —… more>
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Over Long Haul, Money Doesn't Buy Happiness
December 15, 2010A new collaborative paper by economist and University Professor Richard Easterlin — namesake of the Easterlin Paradox and founder of the field of happiness studies — offers the broadest range of evidence to date… more>
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Building Dreams
November 1, 2010Patrick "P.J." Atchison Major: Economics Activities: President, Garces Memorial High School Democrats Club; Co-founder, Pencils for Africa community collection; Participant, Bakersfield Teen City Government; Senior… more>
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Candid on Credit
August 4, 2009Kelly McNamara Corley '82 is a problem solver. She believes barriers — legal, cultural, financial — can be overcome with persistence, discipline, fearlessness and humility. And she is exactly the type of leader the… more>
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For Sale: Toxic Assets
July 14, 2009From economists and politicians to our next-door neighbors, everyone seems to have a theory about what has driven our soaring economy into the ground. Solutions to the problem, however, seem harder to find than a loan on a… more>
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