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Crackdown on corporate inversions highlights monstrosity of U.S. tax code

  • Written by The Conversation Contributor

Companies such as drugmaker Pfizer and medical device maker Medtronic that have used a technique called an inversion to reduce their tax bill recently got a smackdown from President Barack Obama:

I am very pleased that the Treasury Department has taken new action to prevent more corporations from taking advantage of one of the most insidious tax...

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Syrian refugees: will American hearts and minds change?

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Editor’s note: This article is part of our collaboration with Point Taken, a new program from WGBH that will next air on Tuesday, April 19 on PBS and online at pbs.org. The show features fact-based debate on major issues of the day, without the shouting.

How do we change our minds about a person or group we consider a threat?

As the first...

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Oxycontin: how Purdue Pharma helped spark the opioid epidemic

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imageOxycontin helped drive the opioid epidemic. Michael Awdish/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND

What do conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh, singer Courtney Love and deceased actor Heath Ledger all have in common? The answer, according to published reports, is that all battled addiction to OxyContin, an opioid pain reliever now sometimes called “rich...

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Can a burgeoning satanic movement actually effect political change?

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Robert Eggers' period horror film “The Witch” has been one of the surprise hits of 2016. It’s even gained a second wind since its February 23 release: the first weekend of April it played on 666 screens around the country, raking in an additional USD$465,000.

The tale of a Puritan family turning on each other as they attempt to...

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Why grammar mistakes in a short email could make some people judge you

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imageWho is more sensitive to email errors?Robin Hutton, CC BY-NC-ND

I’m a cognitive psychologist who studies language comprehension. If I see an ad for a vacation rental that says “Your going to Hollywood!” it really bugs me. But my collaborator, Robin Queen, a sociolinguist, who studies how language use varies across social groups,...

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'Should the U.S. take in more or fewer Syrian refugees?'

  • Written by The Conversation Contributor

The Conversation’s collaboration with Point Taken continues this week with an in-depth look at the Syrian refugee crisis. Point Taken is an exciting new program from WGBH TV that features debate on a topic that Americans care about –- without the shouting.

Up for discussion on Tuesday, April 19 at 11 Eastern/10 Central on PBS and at...

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