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French designer giants suspend sales in Russia

March 4, 2022

Etel Solingen, poli sci, BBC, March 4, 2022

Will economic sanctions be enough to stop the Russian invasion of Ukraine? It is unlikely according to these analysts

March 2, 2022

Stergios Skaperdas, economics, says likely no and breaks it down with Univision, March 2, 2022

Successes and failures of fintech

February 28, 2022

Bill Maurer, UCI anthropology and law, receives grant to study how design and deployment of digital currency impacts low- and middle-income populations

The Canadian truckers' 'freedom convoy' disrupted life and blockaded borders. Did the protest succeed?

February 24, 2022

David Meyer, sociology, breaks it down in this op-ed for the Washington Post

Opinion: When we were socially distant, money brought us closer

February 19, 2022

Bill Maurer, anthropology, The New York Times, Feb. 19, 2022

Organization in need of funding rushes to house hundreds of homeless before housing vouchers expire

February 17, 2022

Work by Dave Snow and Rachel Goldberg, sociology, Daily Pilot, Feb. 17, 2022

UCI Experts On: Money

January 31, 2022

Bill Maurer, social sciences dean and anthropology and law professor, talks cryptocurrency, credit cards and the future of cash

Earth Matters: Climate activists must get bolder; 46% of new electricity plants will be solar in '22

January 13, 2022

David Meyer, sociology, Daily Kos, Jan. 13, 2022

Creator of "Second Life" issues warnings for those building metaverses

November 29, 2021

Tom Boellstorff, anthropology, Futurism, Nov. 29, 2021

Some say Occupy Wall Street did nothing. It changed us more than we think

November 15, 2021

David Meyer, sociology, TIME and Yahoo News, Nov. 15, 2021

Bill Maurer, anthropology and law, on the complex role currency plays in our society, how our relationship to money continues to evolve, and what new forms money might take in the future, via the Chicago Humanities Festival