A new study has found that low-income mothers who received a 20% boost in income had babies whose brains showed high-frequency activity.
(Chicago Tribune) — When Waldo E. Johnson Jr., a University of Chicago social scientist, decided to put together a book on what’s hurting and helping young black men, he decided to collect the thoughts of several black scholars, many relatively young and with experiences not too far removed from their counterparts who are in peril. “When […]
(New York Times) — THE rich are sitting firmly in the public cross hairs, especially as the economy continues to stumble. Reports that Wall Street bonuses will again be high, and the debate in Congress over tax increases for the wealthy, just add to the outrage. So it was a serendipitous time forColumbia University to convene […]
(Wall Street Journal) — As retirement investments, annuities have had their share of critics. But these days, when there’s an argument, people in favor of the pension-like products have the ultimate trump card: an authoritative report by experts from the University of Pennsylvania’s prestigious Wharton School. In it, finance professors address seven common annuity questions […]