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Subprime gets bad rap in 'Big Short' but is key to easing housing affordability crisis

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Anyone who’s dug into the 2008 financial crisis knows the role that bundling and selling subprime housing loans played in bringing the world to the brink of economic collapse – out-of-control behaviors well-depicted in the movie “The Big Short.”

But one thing I hope “The Big Short” doesn’t do is further...

Read more: Subprime gets bad rap in 'Big Short' but is key to easing housing affordability crisis

Want the economy to grow? It's time to look at cities and efficiency

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imageTraffic jams in cities, such as this one in Atlanta, have economic costs, including lower productivity.Gregor Smith/flickr, CC BY

The economy is a hot topic in the presidential debates and is among the top public concerns. But the “economy” is a loose and hazy notion and, for politicians, a convenient place to make promises.

Even the...

Read more: Want the economy to grow? It's time to look at cities and efficiency

Beyond invisibility: engineering light with metamaterials

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imageDrawing and reality: designing a metamaterial pattern. On the left is the plan; on the right is the actual object.Bossard/Penn State/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND

Since ancient times, people have experimented with light, cherishing shiny metals like gold and cutting gemstones to brighten their sparkles. Today we are far more advanced in how we work with this...

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Three important quotes from the GOP debate, explained

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The 10th Republican debate offered an opportunity for establishment candidates to slow Donald Trump’s momentum just five days before Super Tuesday. On the Texas stage were just five candidates: Trump, Senator Marco Rubio, Senator Ted Cruz, neurosurgeon Ben Carson and Ohio Governor John Kasich. We asked three academics to choose key quotes...

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In FBI versus Apple, government strengthened tech's hand on privacy

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The ongoing fight between Apple and the FBI over breaking into the iPhone maker’s encryption system to access a person’s data is becoming an increasingly challenging legal issue.

With a deadline looming, Apple filed court papers explaining why it is refusing to assist the FBI in cracking a password on an iPhone used by one of the...

Read more: In FBI versus Apple, government strengthened tech's hand on privacy

Subprime gets bad rap in 'Big Short' but is key to easing affordability crisis

  • Written by The Conversation Contributor

Anyone who’s dug into the 2008 financial crisis knows the role that bundling and selling subprime housing loans played in bringing the world to the brink of economic collapse – out-of-control behaviors well-depicted in the movie “The Big Short.”

But one thing I hope “The Big Short” doesn’t do is further...

Read more: Subprime gets bad rap in 'Big Short' but is key to easing affordability crisis

Why boys need to have conversations about emotional intimacy in classrooms

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imageAmerican classrooms do not talk frankly about teenage love or emotional intimacy.Brett Sayer, CC BY-NC

Last month, Tom Porton, an award-winning, veteran Bronx high school teacher, handed in his resignation after colliding with the school’s principal. Porton had distributed HIV/AIDS education fliers listing nonsexual ways of “Making Love...

Read more: Why boys need to have conversations about emotional intimacy in classrooms

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