Insights
China Puts Limits on Foreign Banks, Worrying Businesses
Dyson Professor Eswar Prasad tells the New York Times that China will eventually resume with opening up to foreign financial institutions.
Rapid global heating is hurting farm productivity, study finds
A study led by Professor Ariel Ortiz-Bobea shows that global farming productivity since the 1960s is 21% lower than it could have been without climate change.
Start Retraining for Social Interactions
“Assess your own risk level and comfort,” Professor Sunita Sah told the New York Times, “so you’re very clear about what you would and would not like to do.”
What will travel look like when the pandemic is over?
Professor Christopher Anderson tells CNN that he thinks alternative lodging will continue to be a “bright spot” in the hospitality industry.
He just spent $69 million on a digital piece of art. It’s not his first Beeple.
“Think about how traditional art pieces are hard to trade,” Professor Will Cong tells the Washington Post. “That is solved after the ownership can be easily divided and traded.”
Democrats Question Game-Like Trading Apps at House Hearing
“These online brokers use prompts, push notifications and other nudges for the purpose of eliciting a specific behavior: increased trading by the investor,” Professor Vicki Bogan said at the House Financial Services Committee Meeting on GameStop.
Students save man from frigid lake after fishing mishap
Anjan Mani ’23, a student at the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, was among three students who saved a man from downing in a local frigid lake.
How Barbara Novick ’82 helped grow BlackRock from startup to asset management giant
BlackRock co-founder Barbara Novick outlined eight key lesson she deems critical to BlackRock’s success.
Opinion: Flying is safer than driving, even during the pandemic. These statistics show why.
If you choose to travel during the pandemic, flying is the still the safest option, writes Dyson Professor Garrick Blalock and Johnson Professor Vrinda Kadiyali in their Washington Post op-ed.