David Silbey is an adjunct associate professor of history at Cornell University, specializing in military history, defense policy and battlefield analysis.  

International

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Starbucks Workers United members plan to strike Thursday for the company’s Red Cup Day at 550 unionized Starbucks stores. The unionized baristas are demanding better pay and staffing.

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The Trump administration in attempting to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, but the president's actions have not legal reality says Cornell Law School professor Robert Hockett. 

Law and Policy

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Tashlin Lakhani, a professor of management and organizations at Cornell University, says Denny's going private is likely to have noteworthy implications for franchisees.

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship

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Rick Geddes is the director of the Cornell Program in Infrastructure Policy. He noted both projects targeted by the freeze have already faced long delays.

New York City

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John Tobin-de la Puente is a professor of practice at Cornell’s SC Johnson College of Business, and a former Managing Director and Global Head of Sustainability at Credit Suisse. He says long-term investors are unlikely to rely on EPA’s announced reversal to change their investment portfolios. 

Economics and Business

Law, Government & Public Policy

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Adam Murray, a beef cattle extension specialist at Cornell University, says this plan isn’t likely to have a significant impact on domestic beef prices.

Food & Agriculture

Foreign Policy

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Lourdes Casanova, director of the Emerging Markets Institute at Cornell University, says Argentina’s previous experiences with sweeping deregulation and “dollarization” were not successful, and should serve as cautionary signal.

Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

Economics and Business

International

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Alex Susskind, a professor of food and beverage management at Cornell University’s Nolan School of Hotel Administration, feels the decision to improve the in-store experience is the right move.

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship

Cornell SC Johnson College of Business

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Tom Pepinsky, a professor of government who studies political and economic systems in Southeast Asia, says the ouster of Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati is a particularly destabilizing move for the country.

International

Law, Government & Public Policy

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