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Why top firms fire good workers

The Jones Act (which restricts all shipments from one US port to another to US ships) substantially increases US petrol prices

During economic downturns, parents in developing nations tend to invest in their strongest kids

New research in the Journal of Economic Criminology confirms that illegal wildlife trade is tied to other forms of criminal activity, including trafficking in drugs, arms, people, stolen vehicles…

The Burakumin, the lowest caste in the traditional Japanese social hierarchy, were legally liberated 150 years ago

Blockbusting (inducing people to sell their homes upon the entry of minorities to a neighborhood) substantially harmed Black wealth accumulation: Black households that bought homes in neighborhoods with rapid racial change were likely to have lost money or barely broken even by 1990.

AOC warns we may be in a 'massive' AI bubble with '2008-style threats to economic stability'

Economic Anger Once Again Punishes the Party in Power

Some Economics of Artificial Super Intelligence

World Economic Forum Chief Warns of Three Possible 'Bubbles' in Global Economy

The obvious economics of preserving the Amazon

Google's Recent Progress in AI Could 'Create Some Temporary Economic Headwinds' For OpenAI, Altman Warns Employees

Adapting health, economic and social policies to address population aging in China

How JAX makes high-performance economics accessible

Coupling and economic analysis of nuclear microreactor enabled ammonia production

Rising wealth dispersion and stagnating housing supply explain the increase in US housing costs. Demand-side policies (e.g

The George W. Bush administration's 2002 steel tariffs caused substantial economic harm without any observed benefits

Attending an Ivy-Plus college instead of a flagship public college substantially improves the future economic outcomes of the affected students (controlling for relevant factors)

Populism and economic prosperity

Americans’ attitudes toward immigration are shaped not only by cultural or economic concerns but also by their beliefs about how immigrants vote

Most male entrepreneurs start a firm in an industry closely related to their father’s industry. These ventures tend to have superior outcomes

Many of the largest tech firms in the US made "no-poaching" agreements (colluding to not hire each other's employees)

Data on real estate prices in the US across 1890–2006 shows that real prices for rent have increased by 60% and real house prices have nearly quadrupled

Three Share Nobel in Economics for Work on How Technology Drives Growth

Sermons at large evangelical church tend to justify economic inequality, study finds

The economic impact of open science: a scoping review

Stocks Risk 'Disorderly Corrections,' Sparking Wider Economic Chaos: IMF

The dominant state in the international monetary system derives an "exorbitant privilege", as it can issue debt at higher prices and borrow at a greater share of GDP

Negative characterizations of Puerto Ricans have for decades shaped Washington’s decisions, directly contributing to the island’s economic woes and magnifying its struggle for equal citizenship

Shutdown with no clear end poses new economic threat

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