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Published November 10, 2014
Taming the Dust Devils
In an effort to control air pollution, the Chinese government is offering incentives to Mongolian pastoralists to shift their source of income, according to research by a UC Berkeley doctoral student.
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Published October 16, 2014
The Dragon of Debt
An oral history project about the national debt features interviews with top U.S. policy-makers from the past five decades.
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Published October 7, 2014
Behavior Measurement and Change
A Matrix seminar explored how mobile devices and other "sensors" are transforming how social scientists working in different disciplines can measure—and change—human behavior.
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Published October 6, 2014
Credit and Class
Economic classification tools such as credit scores directly contribute to stratification and class division, according to Berkeley sociologist Marion Fourcade.
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Published October 2, 2014
From Plantation to Corporation
A UC Berkeley historian explores how commonly used modern-day business practices evolved from methods used in the operation of brutal slave plantations.
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Published September 30, 2014
Behind the Beef Machine
The origins of the modern U.S. beef industry go farther back than most people realize, says UC Berkeley historian Joshua Specht.
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Published September 17, 2014
Invisible Users
Invisible Users, a book by UC Berkeley's Jenna Burrell, explores the youth culture of Internet cafés in Ghana, which upends expectations about the power and purpose of technology.
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Published September 11, 2014
Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies
Migrant farmworkers are subject to social and economic inequalities that put them at greater risk of hardship and injury, according to a book by UC Berkeley’s Seth Holmes.
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Published September 5, 2014
Struggles of a Class Worrier
Governments have to do more to reduce income inequality, says UC Berkeley's Robert Reich.
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Published August 6, 2014
Decline of the City-State
UC Berkeley historian Mark Peterson writes about the prominence—and ultimate decline—of city-states, using 18th- and 19th-century Boston as an example.
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Published August 4, 2014
Playing with Kids Pays Off Economically
A groundbreaking study by UC Berkeley researchers shows that playing with children has a profound impact on their future incomes.
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Published August 1, 2014
Seeking New Models for Clinical Medicine
A new Social Science Matrix seminar is focused on finding radical new approaches to clinical health care.
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