When you hold yourself financially accountable, you’re likely to gain more than just some extra money.

The East India Company issued stocks to minimize the risk on their unpredictable but highly lucrative voyages. The rest is history.

Kublai Khan wasn’t the first ruler in history to issue paper money, but his Yuan dynasty did take unprecedented action to ensure this revolutionary form of currency retained its value.

The Greeks were among the first to move beyond “primitive money” and establish an official currency, transforming their trade, government, and even philosophy.

The minimum wage is a popular policy, but it's not the only way governments have tried to help workers secure a decent living.

Managers who are able to identify and understand dark salespeople can manipulate them to benefit the company. What could be more Machiavellian than that?

Mixed messages and competing interests have left college students feeling lost and stressed.

Argentina's black market for cash is embracing crypto — but it's not what crypto proponents expected.

Why should it be considered impolite to discuss something so important to our long-term well-being?

It is wrong to think that these three statements contradict each other. We need to see that they are all true to see that a better world is possible.

One might think that people who started poor and became rich might be more sensitive to the plights of the poor. Not so, suggests a new study.

Seattle slowly raised its minimum wage to $15 per hour. The results provide fuel for both sides of the minimum wage debate.

In 200 years, the mortality rate for children under the age of five (per 1,000 live births) has dropped from 40% to 3.7%.

Digital nomads can fully immerse themselves in their surroundings while advancing their career and stimulating the local economy. But there is one potential downside.

A clear alternative has yet to emerge.

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.

Our economy is dominated by middlemen, including huge companies such as Walmart and Amazon. There are many benefits to going direct instead.

Giant particle accelerators aren't a waste of money. They are essential for understanding the Universe.

A next-generation LHC++ could cost $100 billion. Here's why such a machine could end up being a massive waste of money.

Geopolitics is not a magic 8-ball. But making financial decisions — such as those regarding retirement — in a multipolar world without geopolitics is akin to flying blind in a storm.

"A cheap loan is beyond all new destiny." Does that mean anything to you?

Learning another language might make you richer, sexier, and smarter. Why not try it?

The effects are even worse for women.

And why it's unlikely to last.

Volunteering at a food bank, doing a coding workshop, or taking an online course might earn you micro-credentials.

Majoring in economics can boost a graduate's early-career income by several thousand dollars, at least for those who live in California.

If the metaverse is money, then companies will certainly want to play, too.

On forums, “true bitcoiners” didn’t talk about technology or crypto. Instead, they talked about trust and corruption.

Wealth was a cushion, but even being well-off did not protect people from the harmful effects of pandemic stressors.

By toppling medieval Europe’s mightiest political power, the Protestant Reformation ushered in a new age of freedom, religious and otherwise.