COMMERCE, INDUSTRY, & ECONOMICS

Accounting Move Promotes Equal Pay for Equal Work

Accounting Move Promotes Equal Pay for Equal Work

Framing raises in dollars, not percentages, helps reduce gender gaps During the 60 years since pay…

New Database Maps the Politics of America’s Workplaces

New Database Maps the Politics of America’s Workplaces

Researchers have produced VRscores, an unprecedented public database for understanding the partisan lean of different employers…

Should Companies Replace Human Workers with Robots? New Study Takes a Closer Look

Should Companies Replace Human Workers with Robots? New Study Takes a Closer Look

Last year, when The New York Times reported that Amazon’s robotics team’s ultimate goal was to automate 75% of…

Rome, Incorporated: How the Ancient Republic Functioned Like the World’s First Private Equity Powerhouse and What Today’s Firms Should Learn from Its Rise and Fall

Rome, Incorporated: How the Ancient Republic Functioned Like the World’s First Private Equity Powerhouse and What Today’s Firms Should Learn from Its Rise and Fall

Rome, Incorporated: How the Ancient Republic Functioned Like the World’s First Private Equity Powerhouse and…

American Power, Half-Built

American Power, Half-Built

Congress expanded the Development Finance Corporation’s reach but hardwired caution, leaving it half-built for competition.…

How U.S. Export Controls Risk Undermining Biosecurity

How U.S. Export Controls Risk Undermining Biosecurity

The regulations intended to prevent bioweapons proliferation may be increasing bioweapon risks. Major artificial intelligence…

Congress Has Been Dodging Responsibility for Tariffs for Decades – Now the Supreme Court Will Decide How Far Presidents Can Go Alone

Congress Has Been Dodging Responsibility for Tariffs for Decades – Now the Supreme Court Will Decide How Far Presidents Can Go Alone

On Nov. 5, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear one of the most consequential trade…

The Use of Tariffs to Raise Revenue is a Choice for Congress, not the President

The Use of Tariffs to Raise Revenue is a Choice for Congress, not the President

The Supreme Court will soon hear oral argument in Learning Resources v. Trump, three consolidated lawsuits…

Fed Lowers Interest Rates as It Struggles to Assess State of Us Economy Without Key Government Data

Fed Lowers Interest Rates as It Struggles to Assess State of Us Economy Without Key Government Data

When it comes to setting monetary policy for the world’s largest economy, what data drives…

Once Dominant, U.S. Agricultural Exports Falter Amid Trade Disputes and Rising Competition

Once Dominant, U.S. Agricultural Exports Falter Amid Trade Disputes and Rising Competition

The U.S. has traditionally been an agricultural powerhouse with a healthy trade surplus. But global…