Tom Gilovich, professor of psychology at Cornell, also works in the field of behavioral economics and is a close associate of Thaler. He comments on the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences decision and says Thaler’s work helped create a more realistic economics.

Arts and Sciences

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Harry De Gorter and Gustavo Flores-Macias comment on the status of the NAFTA negotiations and what they mean for the countries involved and the global economy. 

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Arts and Sciences

Law, Government & Public Policy

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Paul Mutolo, director of External Partnerships for the Energy Materials Center at Cornell University, says automakers are taking a “two-part approach” when it comes to battery and fuel cell technology.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Steven C. Kyle, an expert in macroeconomics and government policy in the U.S. and in low-income countries, says that while a new power grid is obviously the short-term solution, in the long term the U.S. federal government will need to offer substantial incentives to support the Puerto Rican economy.

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Jennifer Ifft, an assistant professor in the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University, studies the impact of public policy on farm management. She says that the proposed reforms could help mitigate some – but not all – of the labor market challenges faced by U.S. farms.

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Warren Brown is a senior research associate at Cornell University, where he directs the Program on Applied Demographics and is the research director of the New York Census Research Data Center. Brown says it’s unclear if the Puerto Ricans in-migrating to the U.S. will be able to economically integrate into their new communities.

Human Ecology

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Jonathon Schuldt, an assistant professor of communication at Cornell University, has researched how Pope Francis has influenced public opinion on climate change. He says the institution’s divestments from fossil fuels are likely to give the Catholic Church a more “persuasive voice” on sustainability.

Agriculture and Life Sciences

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Emin Gun Sirer is an associate professor of computer science at Cornell University and co-director of Cornell’s Initiative for Cryptocurrencies and Contracts (IC3). Gun Sirer says replacing social security numbers with cryptographic keys would greatly enhance privacy, allowing people to have a different identifier at each bank.

Engineering

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Cornell physicists, Saul Teukolsky and Lawrence Kidder, who played a vital role in validating the detection of gravitational waves, comment on the news and are available for interviews.

Arts and Sciences

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Eilyan Bitar, a leading researcher in modern power systems and an assistant professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Cornell University, says electric vehicles and renewable energy can develop a “symbiotic relationship.”

Engineering

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