Centuries of management practice were built on cruelty and exploitation. But history also offers a countercurrent – leaders who chose care, fairness and conscience.
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By openly saying, ‘This isn’t for you,’ brands signal focus and specificity. That helps the right customers feel a stronger connection.
Even when donors have good intentions, philanthropy does not always produce good results.
As 2026 begins, uncertainty is at the top of everyone’s mind.
Because they can help you get to know more of your co-workers, offsites may build the kind of trust and visibility that lead to new opportunities.
Depending on family circumstances and a child’s personality type, gift giving runs the gamut of fun to terrifying. But the most important lesson goes beyond gifts.
Thinking about what makes work worth doing and what you would do with your time if you weren’t spending it at work are useful questions to pose this and every year.
The richest Americans can largely avoid paying income and other taxes. A new book explains the history.
About 1 in 4 doctors practicing in the US were born abroad.
North Korea was behind a $1.5 billion digital bank heist in February 2025. Other countries are similarly stealing crypto to fund nefarious activities.
Most Christmas trees are imported from other states, which drives up costs.
Employers that don’t support employees with mental illness risk missing out on the talents and skills that such employees can provide.
Whistleblowers’ stories show how accountability is shifting from formal legal institutions to solidarity networks built outside the state.
When foundations make grants to DAFs, the digital trail normally created instead becomes a dead end.
Venezuela relies on the black-market oil trade for a large chunk of its revenue. US enforcement actions may push down the price it can charge, further squeezing the country’s economy.
A diverse team of researchers, concerned that the global elder care crisis cannot be addressed by the market or the state alone, are seeking creative solutions.
Tariffs are taxes on imports, but the costs don’t stay at the border.
The impostor phenomenon shows up with allyship too, new research shows. When people wrongly feel like they don’t have the skills to support their colleagues, the result can be a vicious cycle.
While hospital CEO salaries and health insurance premiums have increased, health care quality has not.
US industries have traditionally consolidated into 3 to 5 main players. When it comes to streaming, Netflix, Amazon Prime and Disney are the top trio.
Recent news reports highlighted how the Fed technically has a third mandate – moderate long-term interest rates. An economist explains how the objective is already baked into the other two.
Priced out of ‘safe,’ more and more Americans are moving to flood plains and fire zones.
Spotify has hit a marketing sweet spot: Users feel compelled to share their annual listening habits and, in doing so, advertise the streaming service to their legions of followers.
During a year of extraordinary uncertainty, workers built resilient networks within and across boundaries and distance. An anthropologist explains how these clusters and long-distance ties help people cope, organize and adapt.
In 2024, only about 1 in 3 newly minted economics Ph.D.s were women.