Business & Economics
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What are Multi-Level Marketing Companies and Are They Legal?
When is a multi-level marketing company a pyramid scheme?
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Is a Certificate in Financial Services Compliance the Next Step for You?
BU Law is here to help.
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The Gig Economy and the Changing Nature of Work
What does it mean to be an employee?
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What is a Food Desert?
The term is thrown around a lot...what does it really mean?
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A Right to Life, Liberty and a Basic Income?: The History of Guaranteed Basic Income
This type of welfare program is gaining popularity worldwide.
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Not About the Benjamins: Is the United States on the Verge of Eliminating the $100 Bill?
Will the U.S. follow India's lead and eliminate high-denomination currency?
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Family Leave In D.C.: Are the Costs Worth the Benefits?
Here's a look at the new proposal.
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The Unemployment Rate: What the Measure Tells Us
The frequently debated statistic measures something very specific.
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Overseas and Undertaxed: How Companies Avoid Paying Taxes
Apple is just the latest example.
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Equal Access?: Neighborhood Preference and Housing Lotteries
Even the most well-intentioned of fair housing programs can run amuck of federal laws.
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What Walmart’s Purchase of Jet.com Says About the Retail Industry
Walmart's decision to purchase Jet.com illustrates a shift in retail.
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Charitable Trusts: Can Greed Ever Be Good?
Does the government go too far in incentivizing charitable donations?
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Chip Cards: Making Credit Cards Safe Again?
What's behind the switch to chip credit cards?
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Overtime Changes: Is it Time for More Time and a Half?
Are the new overtime rules good for American workers?
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Have Occupational Licensing Laws Gotten Out Of Control?
In some states it takes 2,000 hours of training to be allowed to braid hair.
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Should We Get Rid Of The Penny?
We spend more money making pennies than pennies are worth. Right now making a penny costs 1.7 cents. Yet...
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Trouble Below: The Problems Plaguing the Washington D.C. Metro
The long list of failures that got us to where we are today.
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Chocolate Company’s Growth Puts a Spotlight on Child Labor in West Africa
What are companies like Ferrero doing about child labor on cocoa farms?
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Should We Bring Back The Postal Banking System?
Is postal banking the solution to the unbanked?
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Payday Loans: Predatory or Necessary?
Do they provide an important service or exploit the working poor?
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The Trouble With Tipping
Is tipping really fair?
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It Takes a Policy: The Fight Over Paid Family Leave in the United States
Despite recent efforts the United States is still an outlier.
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The New Cuba: Who is Investing in the Island?
New opportunities for American and international investors.
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The Costs (and Benefits) of Free Trade
How has free trade affected the United States?
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Stadium Deals: The High Price of Your Home Team
The cost has become huge.
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Talking About Pay In The Workplace: Is Sunlight The Best Disinfectant?
Why pay transparency is important.
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The EEOC and Sara Lee: A Landmark Discrimination Case in Texas
What does this mean for the future of discrimination settlements?
