Government policy and regulation

By pooling the resources of the poor and by sharing information, religious and financial institutions can work together to change inner-city economies.

Some countries have solutions in place, but too many don’t.

When Ben Franklin wrote Poor Richard’s Almanac and the words, “A little neglect may breed great mischief,” he did not have price fixing in mind. To the 47 executives in companies in the folding-box industry convicted of price fixing, however, the words seem tailored to fit. In those companies convicted under antitrust laws in 1976, […]

A country’s competitiveness, like a company’s, is not primarily a matter of sales: it is a matter of incomes, and incomes earned, not borrowed. To be competitive means to raise incomes as rapidly as competitors do and to make the investments necessary to keep up competitively in the future. From this perspective, U.S. competitiveness is […]

Executives who want to make their organizations better corporate citizens face many obstacles: If they undertake costly initiatives that their rivals...

The turmoil at OpenAI offers five lessons - and one dire warning.

Three important trends are emerging in the U.S. and EU.

A former U.S. treasury secretary reminds CEOs to focus on the long term.

Working parenthood was hard before Covid-19--now it's an all-out crisis. In "A Way Forward for Working Parents," Daisy Dowling argues that it's time to...

It’s time to stop treating the situation as a short-term crisis.

A case study in poor policy and even poorer execution.

Focus on the people who already live in your community.

There's considerable waste in the system.

The internet runs on trading personal data for free services - and we can't figure out if it's a fair trade until we acknowledge that.

A black man employed by a Minnesota trucking company had racial slurs directed at him and was the target of graffiti written by fellow workers. A U.S. district court held that the trucking company violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and ordered it to take affirmative action and disciplinary measures against […]

There’s a vast opportunity for the private sector in making cities efficient and competitive.

They're politically popular, but encourage hoarding and exacerbate shortages.

A new survey shows that the stigma of not having a job runs deep.

It matters for business and for policy.

Hospitals have long struggled with seasonal spikes. Embracing telemedicine, walk-in clinics, and home-based care can help them prepare.