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What if Canada retaliates for Trump’s tariffs?

By AMITRAJEET A. BATABYAL | March 25, 2025

How would New York be affected if Ontario Premier Doug Ford were to really impose a 25 percent surcharge on electricity exports?

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How to improve policing with evidence-based training

By AMITRAJEET A. BATABYAL | January 21, 2025

New research shows that to reduce police brutality, it is necessary to address the high cognitive demands of policing.

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The health insurance industry ought to be nonprofit

By AMITRAJEET A. BATABYAL | December 9, 2024

A nonprofit model would shift the industry’s focus from profits to the social purpose of keeping Americans as healthy as possible.

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The decision supermarkets face with perishable food

By AMITRAJEET A. BATABYAL | October 2, 2024

Should grocery stores discard, donate, or offer price discounts on unsold food that is near the expiration date?

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Race vs. class in achieving the American dream

By AMITRAJEET A. BATABYAL | August 12, 2024

In designing policies to promote upward mobility, new research suggests, class ought to be given as much and maybe even more weight than race.

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Rejection of the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy plan is a good long-run verdict

By AMITRAJEET A. BATABYAL | July 2, 2024

The ruling Harrington v. Purdue Pharma ensures that the wealthy and the powerful are not able to use the nation’s bankruptcy code to evade accountability.

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Does a 100 percent tariff on Chinese EVs make sense?

By AMITRAJEET A. BATABYAL | May 28, 2024

President Joe Biden’s recent decision to quadruple the tariff on Chinese electric vehicles will not increase EV ownership here and nationwide, which is needed to fight climate change.

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How many children should couples have given ongoing climate change?

By AMITRAJEET A. BATABYAL | March 18, 2024

The seemingly private decision about building a family is no longer private with clear and negative environmental effects for present and future generations.

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The human cost of cashless transactions

By AMITRAJEET A. BATABYAL | February 7, 2024

When businesses move to a cashless environment, the poor in Rochester and elsewhere are hurt.

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Is income inequality in the U.S. really rising?

By AMITRAJEET A. BATABYAL | December 28, 2023

New research has generated considerable debate among economists about whether income inequality actually is rising—an important question for both Rochester and the U.S.

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