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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.
While a surge in hiring by small companies is helping lower the jobless rate, larger firms paying higher salaries play a bigger role in keeping the recovery alive.
Meetings can be a real drag, but they’re still essential for certain types of decision-making.
Despite its tendency to provoke anxiety-inducing debates in Congress and government shutdowns, the high level of US IOUs isn’t a big deal.
Not in terms of the Kardashian-style “personal brands” in vogue these days, but by using the practice’s core principles to make leaders better and more mindful of diversity.
Citizens of countries that rank higher on the so-called Trust Index tend to be more generous when it comes to tipping waiters.
The dawn of self-driving vehicles will likely lead to the sunset of the modern police force as rule-abiding cars eliminate the need for traffic enforcement.
The desire of some lawmakers to subject the Fed to extra scrutiny betrays a misunderstanding of central bank independence and monetary policy.
Recent research suggests a new way to look at the famous prisoner’s dilemma and how the results could help us better understand human behavior and encourage cooperation.
Janet Yellen and her Fed colleagues know that wage growth and inflation are still too low to support an increase in interest rates in June.
New research shows women entrepreneurs face an unconscious cognitive bias that they don’t have the skills and traits necessary to run successful startups.