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The story of China is the story of global economics.
Research suggests that employees with criminal records are far less likely to quit their jobs, perhaps due to a greater sense of loyalty.
A “stakehodler” has both a voice and a vote, an economic interest in how each network stewards important global resources.
Alibaba has played a key role in China’s meteoric economic rise.
Economic growth is more about quality than quantity.
Big Think spoke with historian Marc-William Palen about the egalitarian aims of the free-trade movement in past centuries.
More CPAs are retiring than are joining the field. What’s going on? Forensic accountant Kelly Richmond Pope explains.
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With economic turmoil looming, everyone wants a way to keep their funds safe. But is that really possible?
Entrenched business wisdom says that community-led economic systems are pure fantasy. Douglas Rushkoff disagrees.
The major transformation in the where of modern workplaces is about to collide with a transformation in who is doing that work.
The Human Chronome Project finds that the average human sleeps for 9 hours but only works for 2.6 hours.
Consumer debt shapes American lives so thoroughly that it seems eternal and immortal, but it’s actually relatively new to the financial world.
A college education currently provides roughly a 10% rate of return, beating the long-term performance of equities.
The new material may make marine uranium extraction economically feasible.
While cities drive national economic growth, their political geography means they cannot effectively deal with inequality, poverty, and other socioeconomic problems.
Despite being called the “dismal science,” economics impacts our lives every day. Here, we look at seven of the greatest economists in history.
Personal finance advice is often over-simplified and fails to consider economic research or people’s unique circumstances.
Maintain peace of mind during tax season by correctly filling out your W-4.
An analogy explains the greater fool theory: You don’t have to run faster than the bear to get away; you just have to run faster than the other guy.
Unmasking a “convenient untruth” in U.S. politics.
Did they spend the money on themselves or others?
There is a strong case to be made that the China has moved too slowly to reverse the effects of its one-child policy.
While the steep rise of inequality in the United States is well-known, long-run data on the incomes of the richest shows countries have followed a variety of trajectories.
In 1924, sociologist and social reformer Caroline Bartlett Crane designed an award-winning tiny home in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
London’s busiest airport seems to be rebounding well from the pandemic — but Istanbul has better prospects in the long run.
A study out of Sweden shows that the highest earning men are slightly less intelligent than those just below them on the economic ladder.
A new analysis suggests previous “total cost of ownership” studies overlooked key factors.
Depression applies to individuals and businesses alike — and so does the solution.