How Artificial Intelligence Can Detect – and Create – Fake News Anjana Susarla, The Conversation News, Politics & Economics, Science & Medicine When Mark Zuckerberg told Congress Facebook would use artificial intelligence to detect fake news posted on the social media site, he wasn’t particularly specific about what that meant. Given my own...
Teen Girls and the Earliest Gender Inequalities in the Labor Market Yasemin Besen-Cassino, LSE Business Review Economics, Gender Studies, Politics & Economics, Society & Culture The pay gap between men and women is a longstanding problem in both American workplaces and women’s lives, and a new experiment reveals why a commonly proposed solution may not actually help. There have been...
Five Important Ways to Think About Privacy Paul Levy Government, Politics & Economics, Society & Culture Given the ongoing implosion of Facebook, concerns about privacy are, once again, in the headlines. Yet the fundamentals are fairly simple. Are we heading towards a world where transparency is the default, or...
The Weight of the Presidency Deborah Levine Politics & Economics In early January, President Trump had a physical exam at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, a periodic rite for US presidents in the modern era. The results were made public a few days later, with fevered...
From Lochner to New Federalism: Where Does Modern American Authority Lie? Cameron Espinoza Government, Politics, Politics & Economics Summary: With New Federalism and the neoliberal ethos of reduced government, states will become increasingly distinct and autonomous. Donald Trump may have promised to “make America great again,” however,...
The American Public has Power Over the Gun Business—Why Doesn’t It Use It? Brian DeLay Politics & Economics As teenagers in Parkland, Florida, dressed for the funerals of their friends – the latest victims of a mass shooting in the U.S. – weary outrage poured forth on social media and in op-eds across the...
The Other Feats US Olympians Pull Off Craig Leon Politics & Economics Millions of Americans watch the Olympics, rooting for members of Team USA. Most of them can probably appreciate how hard those athletes worked on their physical training. But few realize the lengths these...