Early life exposure to toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” could impact economic success in adulthood, suggests new study. Those who lived in regions with firefighting training areas earned about 1.7% on average less later in life, and showed a graduation rate about 1% lower.

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#PFAS #ToxicChemicals #EnvironmentalHealth #EconomicImpact #PublicHealth

A new study, which is the largest of its kind, has found that misogyny not only perpetuates gender inequality but is also linked to a range of negative outcomes, including reduced economic productivity, anti-democratic views, increased violence, and lower healthy lifespan for both genders.

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#MisogynyMatters #GenderEquality #EndViolence #EconomicImpact #HealthyLifespan

New York University researchers found that public policies preventing suicide in the U.S. go beyond limiting firearms or expanding health care access. Economic and social policies not directly tied to mental health also play a key role, according to their study

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#SuicidePrevention #PublicPolicy #MentalHealthMatters #SocialJustice #EconomicImpact

The 2017 tax cuts, the key legislative achievement in the first year of the Donald Trump administration, cut taxes for “pass-through” business income. This boosted incomes for affected businesses by 3-4%, but had no broader economic effects (no impact on investment, wages or employment).

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#TaxCuts #TrumpAdministration #BusinessIncome #EconomicImpact #PassThroughBusinesses

Global warming of more than 3°C this century may wipe 40% off the world’s economy, new analysis reveals

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#GlobalWarming #ClimateCrisis #EconomicImpact #SustainableFuture #ActOnClimate

Average person will be 40% poorer if world warms by 4C, new research shows | Experts say previous economic models underestimated impact of global heating – as well as likely ‘cascading supply chain disruptions’

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#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #EconomicImpact #SupplyChainDisruption #Sustainability

Investing in COVID-19 vaccination more than paid off for U.S., study finds. Nation prevented far more in medical spending and lost productivity than it spent on testing, buying & delivering the 2021 vaccines.

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#COVID19Vaccination #PublicHealth #EconomicImpact #VaccineInvestment #HealthcareSavings

Time saved by AI ⏳ offset by new work created, study suggests | Large Language Models 🤖, Small Labor Market Effects 📊

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#AISavedTime #EconomicImpact #LaborMarket #LargeLanguageModels #WorkInnovation

Adults with ADHD face long-term social and economic challenges — even with medication. They are more likely to struggle with education, employment, and social functioning. Even with prescribed medication over a 10-year period, educational attainment or employment did not improve by the age of 30. 📚💼🧠

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#ADHDAwareness #MentalHealthMatters #SocialChallenges #EconomicImpact #EducationAndEmployment

**On April 2, 2025, President Trump declared “Liberation Day” 🎉, announcing broad tariffs to reduce trade deficits 📉 and revive US industry 🇺🇸. A study finds that reciprocal retaliation results in net welfare losses for the US economy 📊. Under optimal foreign retaliation, US welfare declines by up to 3.38% 🔻.**

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#LiberationDay #TrumpEconomics #TradeTariffs #USIndustry #EconomicImpact

U-Michigan study finds most Americans prioritized preventing child abuse, domestic violence, and deaths linked to economic hardship over preventing additional COVID-19 deaths during lockdowns; researchers say these preferences highlight the need to balance disease prevention with other societal harm ⚖️👶💔💰🦠

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#ChildAbusePrevention #DomesticViolenceAwareness #EconomicImpact #PublicHealth #COVID19Response

Life expectancy gains made by high-income countries in the first half of the 20th century have slowed significantly, and that none of the generations born after 1939 will reach 100 years of age on average 🕰️📉👵🏻

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#LifeExpectancy #HealthTrends #AgingPopulation #EconomicImpact #GenerationalChanges

**Study reveals unequal burden of the fentanyl epidemic across the United States.** 💔💊📉 The nationwide toll in 2022 was at least 2 million years of life lost, corresponding to an economic loss on the order of $57 billion to $67 billion.

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#FentanylCrisis #PublicHealth #DrugEpidemic #LifeLost #EconomicImpact

Researchers followed over 3,000 families for six years to study how parents’ financial stress affects children’s social outcomes 💰👨‍👩‍👧‍👦. The findings suggest that early economic strain can shape kids’ ability to build confidence 💪 and connect with others 🤝 years later.

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#FinancialStress #ChildDevelopment #SocialOutcomes #ParentingResearch #EconomicImpact

The George W. Bush administration's 2002 steel tariffs caused substantial economic harm without any observed benefits. The tariffs failed at boosting local steel employment, while substantially depressing local employment in steel-consuming industries for many years after Bush removed the tariffs. ⚖️📉🔧💼

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#SteelTariffs #EconomicImpact #TradePolicy #BushAdministration #JobMarket

For decades, economists framed climate change as a future cost. New research shows it is already here: it has cut U.S. income by an estimated 12% 📉. Much of the damage comes not from disasters 🌪️, but from rising temperatures 🌡️ quietly rippling through prices 💰, productivity 📈, and trade nationwide.

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#ClimateChange #EconomicImpact #RisingTemperatures #Sustainability #FutureIsNow

The 2008 Great Recession Lowered Americans’ Class Identity 📉💼, according to a paper in Psychological Science: In three of four data sets (total N = 164,296), the authors found that the 2008 Great Recession shifted Americans toward identifying as a lower class. 🏚️📊

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#GreatRecession #ClassIdentity #EconomicImpact #PsychologicalScience #SocialStudies

Medical debt associated with subsequent difficulty paying rent or mortgage. Findings add to evidence of U.S. health care’s affordability problem. 💰🏠📉

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#MedicalDebt #HousingCrisis #HealthCareAffordability #FinancialStrain #EconomicImpact

Analysis of nearly 60,000 disaster records finds that 91.5% of Brazilian municipalities experienced at least one climate-related disaster between 1991 and 2024, causing more than 4,700 deaths, 129 million affected people and over $123 billion in economic losses.

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#ClimateDisasters #Brazil #EconomicImpact

• 💰 A study of nearly 77,000 Swedish lottery players found that sudden financial windfalls increase marriage likelihood for men by about 30%, while temporarily increasing divorce risk for women by nearly 4 percentage points over a two-year period.

• 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Wealth increases children born over ten years, with male winners having an average of 0.056 more children per 1 million SEK won. Researchers estimate it takes roughly 30 million SEK (around $4 million) in windfall wealth per additional child.

• ⚖️ The research suggests that women's increased divorce risk after a windfall may be due to financial independence enabling them to leave already-troubled marriages, while men's marriages appear more stable with wealth.

#EconomicImpact #FamilyFinance #LotteryStudy