The Conversation Archive
By Reuben Thomas Finighan, University of Melbourne On rare occasions, a book frames an issue so powerfully that it sets the terms of all future debate. Robert Putnam’s Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis may do just this for …
By Joseph Palamar, New York University Langone Medical Center In recent years, hundreds of new synthetic recreational drugs have emerged – drugs that neither the general public nor the scientific community know very much about. Many of these new synthetic …
By Josipa Roksa, University of Virginia and Richard Arum, New York University Is a college degree worth it? Yes, on average, college graduates fare much better in the job market than high school graduates. This question, however, ignores a more …
By Stefan Schutt, Victoria University and Rebecca Ng Lye Ee, Victoria University Technology is often maligned for having a negative influence on young people, particularly on their ability to develop healthy social relations and a sense of identity. But technology …
