Just as general-purpose models opened the era of practical AI, narrow, orchestrated models could define the economics and ...

Morocco is emerging as a regional powerhouse central to the world’s trade network, and it’s easy to see why: its critical minerals and manufacturing have made it indispensable to China, ...

In much of the developing world big firms are rare. The typical firm consists of a single worker—the owner. Even among those ...

Late in 2025, we covered the development of an AI system called Evo that was trained on massive numbers of bacterial genomes. So many that, when prompted with sequences from a cluster of related genes ...

Why do we tip—even when we know we’ll never see the server again? New research suggests it’s not just about rewarding good ...

Economic man represents a rational actor, aiming to maximize utility and satisfaction. Discover his role and the impact the concept has in economic theories and models.

When deciding whether to invest in environmental projects, it's important to consider the economic value of any long-term ...

An economic study calculates the effectiveness of a novel policy instrument: The underlying idea is that you are allowed to release the climate gas CO₂ into the atmosphere—but only if you promise to ...

When China’s property market collapsed in 2021, its leaders scrambled to find a new driver of economic growth to replace housing construction. More investment in infrastructure, which had powered much ...

With the aim of educating legislators and encouraging entrepreneurs to consider the franchise model, the International Franchise Association released its “Value of Franchising” report this week. In ...

The standard assumption of rationality in economics has been a theoretical convenience rather than an adequate description of human decision processes for decades. The future of economics, however, ...