Yang, who was studying a masters in economics at the time, said the first meeting was held on a “bit of shoestring,” dependent on volunteers and “some real acts of kindness” from family and friends as ...

Tracy Alloway and Joe Weisenthal, the hosts of the economics podcast “Odd Lots,” walk through how Trump’s tariffs, A.I. and the vibecession are making for a strange close to the year. This is an ...

An Introduction to Ergodicity Economics is a new textbook that draws on physics to re-examine traditional economic theory. It begins with flipping a coin. And a hypothetical gambit. Imagine you were ...

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel has been awarded to three distinguished researchers for their transformative work on innovation and economic growth. Joel ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. STOCKHOLM — Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the Nobel memorial prize in economics Monday for ...

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In September 2017, the National Bureau of Economic Research held its first conference on the Economics of Artificial Intelligence in Toronto. The purpose of the conference and associated volume is to ...

Deep in Zambia’s Copperbelt province, explorers from Kobold Metals are testing the ground for a new mine shaft. Although the arc of copper running through central Africa was first mapped by Victorian ...

MR. CLAY has written a meritorious, in many ways an excellent, book; but, though his style is good and his reasoning clear, he has neither the elevated clarity of Bagehot nor the racy charm of Mr.

ABSTRACT: With the development of globalization and the advancement of technology, the exchanges and communication within multiple cultures become increasingly close and frequent. However, the ...

Some seemingly great development ideas don’t work out as expected. One that famously flopped was to replace open-fire cooking used by 3 billion of the world’s poorest people with more efficient, less ...

Opposition to the status quo must not be monopolized by the right-wing extremist visions of parties like Alternative für Deutschland. This week we saw the electoral consequences of a failed economic ...