A new study looks at the effects of government-funded preschool in Boston and finds big benefits for kids.

A new book argues that the growing profitability of big business is bad news for workers.

A primer on some of President Biden's big economic initiatives.

New research shows shockingly different trends in the fortunes of millennials.

A new study looks at the effects of growing police forces on racial inequality.

A new book delves into humanity's long march to overcoming distrust.

A new study looks at the effect of unemployment benefit generosity on employment levels during the Covid-19 pandemic.

A new book takes on an overlooked flaw in human judgment that can affect an organization's ability to make sound decisions about hiring and more.

It's been close to a decade since the first states legalized recreational marijuana. And the data is coming in.

A new study looks at the experiment with a guaranteed basic income in Stockton, California.

McDonald's is one of the nation's largest employers of low-wage workers. And because it's everywhere, it's a great place to test the effects of minimum wage laws.

Taxes may lack the razzle dazzle of meme-fueled stock rallies. But they might prove a better way to curb Wall Street excesses.

A new study adds to the growing mountain of evidence that says that poverty impairs people's ability to think.

A new study investigates whether common ownership of cereal makers by institutional investors is leading them to become a kind of stealth monopoly.

We talk with the authors of Why Nations Fail about whether the Capitol insurrection is a sign that our nation is failing and, if so, whether there's anything we can do about it.