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As automation takes on more routine tasks, work will become more about creativity, ethics, and empathy

The Nobel laureate economist discusses how an activist government is needed to tackle problems like climate change

To understand behavior and choice, we need to borrow from not just cognitive science but also sociology.

We can land planes safely at crowded airports, yet we can’t manage to make our financial system safe. Why?

Universal Basic Income is gaining in popularity, among socialists and libertarians alike. But when it comes to implementation, the devil is in the details.

Thomas Piketty and his colleagues have insisted that tax records are better for measuring inequality than income surveys. They’re wrong.

U.S. GDP accounting underestimates intangible capital, overstates financial capital, and is all but oblivious to the erosion of human and social capital.

From tax loopholes to high-risk speculation, Vanguard’s founder reflects on the state of Wall Street and the change needed to make finance work for ordinary people.

When central banks set inflation targets, they effectively redistribute income from wage earners to bondholders

Under the guise of “philanthropy,” business elites have an increasing grip on society

Eisuke Sakakibara: China and India will become titans on the world stage

Judge Richard Posner and Michael Sandel debate the moral limits of markets

Rob Johnson and Michael Sandel discuss the limits of rational choice

Greg Mankiw says there should be a market for kidneys, but not for paying drug addicts to get sterilized.

LSE Director Minouche Shafik says that for democracy to work, we must keep the market out of certain domains