History is littered with widely believed long-term economic forecasts that prove to be highly mistaken. Remember when it was generally believed that first Russia and then Japan would eat our economic ...

There's a debate about the meaning of economic scarcity going on all over the Web, most recently set off by Chris Anderson's "Economy of Abundance" talk at Pop!Tech, that David Hornik and Ross ...

Nobel Prize-winning economist Esther Duflo discusses the role of women in her field. Alongside her husband and two others, Esther Duflo won a Nobel Prize for Economics last year for her experimental ...

In this series we’ve looked at measures of housing disutility and the benefits of the price system, the importance of information, and the nature of risk. When it comes to housing, we’re unlikely to ...

For a new U.S. administration facing global security challenges, the relationship between food security — what the World Bank defines as “access to enough food for an active, healthy life” — and armed ...

Despite an accelerated shift towards online advertising spending, most traditional media companies (TMCs) are more reluctant than ever to believe the "content wants to be free" mantra. Everywhere you ...