academics

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As with many academics of the era, Burns didn’t believe inflation was the result of too much money printing but the power of corporations and unions to raise prices and wages.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

The academics who weigh in—Timothy Naftali of Columbia; Leah Wright Rigueur of Johns Hopkins; Ibram X. Kendi of Howard University; Douglas Brinkley of Rice—often do so with a personal perspective on what’s important.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

The report, led by academics at the University of Stirling, was commissioned by the Department for Communities at a cost of £478,000.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

UCL's dinosaur evolution team includes five academics along with research fellows, postdoctoral researchers, and more than 10 PhD students.

From Science Daily • May 15, 2026

Not that any of them were slouches when it came to academics.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater