Randall Morck of the Alberta School of Business says economists too often regard people as "dynamic, stochastic optimization ...

Capitalism: A Global History, by Sven Beckert, Penguin Press, 1,344 pages, $49 Adam Smith, widely considered the first major ...

In her book The Argonauts, Maggie Nelson describes pregnancy as an experience marked by a peculiar duality. On the one hand, ...

Baseball's salary disparity rears its ugly head as former Cubs outfielder Kyle Tucker secures $60 million annual deal while ...

What’s the economic outlook for 2026? Much depends on the answer, since how voters feel about their financial situation next November will largely determine who controls Congress during Donald Trump’s ...

The Federal Reserve’s policy decisions in recent years have contributed to a worsening of economic inequality in America, and some of the central bank’s policymakers say it’s not a problem they can ...

Trump's increasing comfort with using military force will likely bear significant consequences for Cuba, Iran, and North ...

The year 2026 began with devastating Russian shelling of Kyiv’s infrastructure, which, in freezing conditions, brought the ...

The AI revolution has been big not just for tech stocks, but utility companies too. AI data centers need a lot of power, boosting demand. Raymond James equity research analyst Pavel Molchanov believes ...

A massive surge in billionaire wealth threatens our everyday lives and economy, from the rights of workers to the stability of the social safety net. As elites gather this week in Davos, Switzerland ...

A regime loyalist in Iran died Wednesday after he confronted demonstrators as unrest over economic problems took a violent turn, state media said. The 21-year-old member of the Basij—a volunteer force ...