Picture this heavyweight prize-fight match up: engineering’s logical and rational approach to problem solving versus the sometimes-street brawling style of public policy development. Put the two in a ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) The Paris climate agreement is another example of an attempted grand solution to a ...

Child maltreatment is what is known as a “wicked problem” –complex and difficult to resolve because it is so intertwined with a variety of intractable societal ills. Each year in the United States, ...

Since 2015, Costco has consistently outperformed Walmart across every key indicator, including stock price, net profit, and ...

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