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A decade of research on Pittsburgh’s Hazelwood neighborhood finds that major riverfront investment did not push out longtime residents.
In the castle, talk is cheap and not to be trusted.
The pact with Turkey and Pakistan has evolved quickly from a vague political commitment. Riyadh hopes it will help it navigate a thorny Middle East crisis.
There’s not much diesel fuel lying around, and lots of people want to buy what is available, as well as what little is produced each day. It’s all a matter of supply and demand.
In a stubbornly male dominated field, how brilliant did a woman have to be to succeed?
Democracy demands that citizens are treated equally under the law. The tax avoidance practices of the ultra-rich violate that principle, a new book argues.
Gas is now flowing from the vast – and controversial – fossil fuel project.
We asked two independent economists to give snapshots of our economic health – or lack of it.
An analysis by the Treasury forecasts that AI has the potential to have a bigger impact on high-skilled and cognitive jobs, not just physical and routine roles.
After topping a record US$40 trillion, US national debt looks set to climb further.
Teaming groups of private landowners with federal efforts yielded measurable success, at least in terms of defending cornfields.
With a half-billion-dollar loan, the US hopes to cut its reliance on Chinese supplies of scandium, a crucial mineral for aerospace. But China still has leverage.
Calls to decolonize economics challenge the discipline’s foundational assumptions about development, markets and inequality.
When both parents appeared equally available, schools were 40% more likely to call students’ moms, rather than their dads.
Australian state governments have spent years making up funding shortfalls by bringing in billions in gambling revenue.
For decades, economists have used everything from lipstick to underpants to work out how people really feel about spending money.
Economic globalization was supposed to encourage democracy around the world. But sometimes the opposite happens.
Concern about the viability of ongoing economic growth offers a chance to spotlight accessible reading about fairer economies.
The US economy keeps defying the odds.
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