Economics

Pilot programs across the U.S., including new research funded by OpenAI, offer a glimpse of how a universal basic income could improve lives

Despite progress, the long shadow of racial violence continues to undermine economic opportunities for African Americans today

Drug policy continues to fixate on symptoms rather than the actual disease

Fear of phantom costs pushes us to avoid “free money” or “too good to be true” offers

Employees are working remotely, and office buildings are standing empty, inspiring some cities to work through the challenges of converting these structures into new apartments

Nearly half of residents lost income after a hurricane, a new study shows. Most were low-paid hourly workers in storefront shops

Both climate-driven disasters and the clean energy transition pose risks for the world’s largest financial institutions

Millions of human-made objects travel at high speeds in low-Earth orbit, polluting space and increasing the chance of collision with satellites and other spacecraft

Today’s Silicon Valley billionaires grew up reading classic American science fiction. Now they’re trying to make it come true, embodying a dangerous political outlook

Economists dive into the financial impact of Christmas trees—real and artificial alike—on the U.S.

Media attention to Ivy League schools distracts from the much more important—and undersupported—public university system

The U.S. will see “fewer emergency room visits, fewer asthma attacks” and will save money if it cuts carbon emissions, a new Union of Concerned Scientists analysis says