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Investment gaps may be key to understanding why poorer children perform so much worse throughout life.
Much is at stake as negotiators meet in New York this week in hopes of aligning disparate transatlantic regulations.
Some countries in Africa have made great strides bolstering the middle class by supporting small businesses, but more needs to be done.
Asia needs trillions of dollars in coming years to finance roads, sanitation plants and other key infrastructure. The IMF and World Bank can’t do it alone.
A competition already took place ahead of this week’s road races in Boston and London: men outbidding each other to show an attractive woman how generous they are.
Labor unions face assaults at every turn, yet growing concerns over income equality and Progressivism’s rebirth may help turn the tide.
After 100 years of policies pushing federal land management, it’s time to admit they’ve been a costly failure.
The corporate backlash shouldn’t be a surprise. Companies have increasingly played a more active role on social issues.
Congress has shortchanged the IRS by $7.3 billion over the past five years, and taxpayers will increasingly pay the price.
The vast majority of us will get a refund from the federal government, while the odds of an audit or worse are akin to getting struck by lightning.
It may sound ironic, but eliminating corporate income taxes is a progressive idea that would lift wages, investment and the economy.
Labor can prove its continued relevance by highlighting its unique ability to ensure worker knowhow flows up to the executive suite.
The preliminary deal won’t lift any sanctions, but businesses eager to return to Iran won’t wait for the ink to dry to gear up.
Looking back at how the US financial industry grew to dominate the economy rather than merely serve it will help us avoid another crisis.
The US has only itself to blame for the growing number of allies that have agreed to join China’s development bank despite American objections.
Labor unions dub the laws allowing unionized workers to avoid paying dues “right-to-freeload.”
As more people cut the cord, options for how we consume video are growing at a fast pace. While that represents a win for consumers, it also has a dark side.
It turns out professional football players are perfect lab rats for labor experiments, and the answer has implications well beyond the NFL.
Regulations pushed by incumbent businesses to protect their turf only end up stifling growth and hurting consumers.
Despite the hyper-partisanship in Washington, there appears to be agreement that the government should do more to invest in science and technology innovation.
The ranks of labor unions have been decimated over the last half century by outsourcing and anti-union campaigns. The result has been rising inequality.
Banks have become like Wall Street versions of “teflon don” John Gotti, able to avoid conviction despite repeated criminal prosecutions.
Oil prices have plunged almost 60%, yet gasoline is only a third cheaper.
While the US still dominates global arms exports, Russia takes a close second as rising instability increases demand for the latest high-tech weaponry and surveillance gear.