Public discourse campaigns often promote social responsibility, but do such discussions also impact our market behavior? Economists at the University of Zurich have published a new study that shows ...

“To disagree, one doesn’t have to be disagreeable.” — Sen. Barry Goldwater, R-Ariz. A few weeks ago when I was speaking at a Santa Barbara County Association of Governments (SBCAG) board meeting, I ...

How people talk about issues can be just as important as what they say, the journal’s editors write. That is why “we should be alarmed by the superficial and manipulative nature of American public ...

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The Office for Public and Community-Engaged Scholarship (PACES) is pleased to announce that Associate Professor Benjamin Teitelbaum will serve as the new faculty director for strategic events and ...

Some folks have the TV on all the time, while some of us keep our noses stuck in a book. Still, there exists a stretch of middle ground where some do both. I admit to having scrounged enough passwords ...

The economists have a term for it: opportunity cost — the benefits forgone when an investor puts his capital into one project rather than another. His choice may prove profitable, but another choice ...

Prof. JoAnn Koob at George Mason University [Antonin Scalia] School of Law told me about this project, which sounds very interesting, so I thought I'd pass it along. Here's the blurb from her: As the ...

The cancellation of the California gubernatorial debate, which was to be held in Bovard Auditorium, raises questions about the University’s commitment to public discourse. (Dieva Mulet / Daily Trojan ...

Students of color joining debate teams in their communities to use their voices for change Historically, debate was only practiced academically by the privileged few, leaving many people of color ...