This Week @ Ourso 

An op-ed from Professor Rajesh Narayanan Markets function best when participants understand the rules of the road, investors have confidence in the integrity of the system, and regulators have clear authority to police misconduct. The crypto market structure legislation now advancing in Congress promises exactly this clarity. Yet it raises a more troubling question: what happens when legislation written to create clarity instead exempts large parts of the digital asset ecosystem from the very safeguards that make markets safe for everyday Americans?

Headlines have focused on massive data center investments coming to Louisiana, but Dek Terrell, Director of the LSU Center for Economics, Business & Policy Research, says that’s only part of the story. The bigger question is how artificial intelligence will reshape the state’s businesses, workforce and communities. Terrell offered his take on how Louisiana can capitalize on AI’s opportunities while addressing its challenges in July’s episode of “Strictly Business” with the Baton Rouge Business Report.

Take a product off the shelf today and you might find a label proclaiming it to be sustainably sourced or environmentally friendly, examples of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the marketplace. But can a firm be both socially responsible and financially performant? An international team of researchers including LSU's Ted Waldron embarked on a new study to explore if companies can have it both ways.