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Latest Stories in Economics
December 3, 2018
Seven Most-Read Stories of 2018
From tips for career satisfaction to an economist’s stint as an Uber driver, here are the stories that caught our readers’ attention.
November 19, 2018
Shoved off the Retirement Cliff?
New research shows 40% of American retirees would prefer to be working.
October 19, 2018
Big Data Is Giving an Edge to Big Companies
The growth gap is widening between large and small companies. A new study offers a surprising explanation.
October 10, 2018
Reshaping Markets to Solve Poverty and Inequality
Academics, investors, and nonprofit leaders on how to find innovative solutions for the world’s starkest problems.
September 25, 2018
How to Tap Skilled Managers in Villages Where Chiefs Still Rule
Identifying and promoting talented technocrats outside traditional hierarchies can catalyze local economic development.
September 19, 2018
How Much Is Your Private Data Worth — and Who Should Own It?
In an ideal world, consumers would control the rights to their data but would also be able to sell it broadly.
September 6, 2018
Why “Uncertainty Shocks” Are Part of the Trump-Era Economy
A Stanford economist says that populist politicians have become a major source of economic uncertainty.
August 29, 2018
How CEOs Reinvented the Dating Game Scandal in Stock Options
A study finds that companies have come up with a new variant on backdating stock options to reap windfall profits.
August 21, 2018
Rigged Auctions? Why Top Bidders Don’t Always Feel Like Winners
New research casts suspicion about auctions in the online advertising market.
August 6, 2018
The Biggest Antitrust Story You’ve Never Heard
The rise of institutional investors threatens competition, hurts consumers, and might qualify as a new kind of monopoly.