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3 US-based academics awarded the Nobel Prize in economics for their work on wealth inequality
Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James A. Robinson won the prize for their "studies of how instit…
Polly Thompson
Trump and Harris are pushing proposals that 'ignore economic reality,' billionaire investor Howard Marks says
Billionaire investor Howard Marks scrutinized policies on both sides of the aisle.
Filip De Mott
Universal basic income: Should the government give ‘unconditional money’ or ‘freebies’ to the poor?
This is where results of the experiment conducted by Sam Altman’s OpenResearch could help shed some…
As India’s income inequality worsens beyond British-era levels, majority want to tax the rich, study reveals
A study by the World Inequality Lab has shown that Indian billionaires already own a disproportiona…
Chairman of PM's Economic Advisory Council Bibek Debroy passes away at 69
Renowned economist Bibek Debroy, Chairman of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of…
ANI
Women continue to perform up to 5 times more care work than men: UN official
At the UN Ministerial Conference in Bangkok, officials highlighted the slow progress of women's emp…
PTI
Inequality rising since 2000s, top 1% in India holds 40% wealth, says study
Inequality in India has skyrocketed since early 2000s, with the income and wealth share of top 1 pe…
PTI
Prices are improving. So why is everyone still so worked up about inflation?
A new study finds that inflation's deepest impact isn't financial — it's emotional.
Aki Ito
Universal basic income has gone from utopian vision to economic reality. Here's what you need to know about UBI.
Universal basic income is quickly gaining traction, with several trials and some famous proponents …
Theron Mohamed
The more money you have, the more money it takes to feel happier, new research says
New research suggests that as you move up the income ladder, it takes exponentially more money to g…
Juliana Kaplan
Billionaire investor Ray Dalio has a solution for China, but it'll need Beijing to radically remake its own rules
Dalio, whose company runs the biggest foreign hedge fund in China, says the country needs to start …
Matthew Loh
The dockworkers' strike is a test for Biden — and complicates an already dizzying 2024 presidential race
Biden has said he won't stop the dockworker's strike. But if the strike stretches on for weeks, it …
Juliana Kaplan,John L. Dorman
How access to reproductive care shaped a founder's career, highlighting its importance as an economic driver
Studies show that women suffer economically when they are denied reproductive access. Tracy Young s…
Katie Balevic
Russia's economic survival hinges on prolonging the Ukraine war, think tank expert says
"Should the authorities attempt to halt militarization, a hard landing could add pressure to the go…
Filip De Mott
Tech titans love Modi's economic powerhouse India — despite mass unemployment and abject poverty
India is on track to become the world's third-largest economy by 2027, but Narendra Modi faces a pi…
Theron Mohamed
11.9 lakh excess deaths in 2020 during the pandemic, 8 times more than official estimates, notes a recent study
Looking at social groups, the researchers found that high caste Hindu groups experienced a life exp…
PTI
India needs to avoid financialization as it marches towards Viksit Bharat goal, says Nageswaran
Financialization is the dominance of financial market expectations trends, and importantly, interes…
PTI
Nearly a million more children fell into poverty last year. Both presidential campaigns want to give parents money to fix that.
Nearly 10 million children were in poverty in 2023. It could become a key election issue.
Juliana Kaplan,Madison Hoff
Angus Deaton won a Nobel Prize in economics. Now he says he got it wrong on globalization.
Angus Deaton has been an economist for over fifty years. He's still rethinking his views.
Juliana Kaplan
Harvard study links exposure to air pollution in infancy to reduced earnings in adulthood
The findings of this study indicate an urgent need for the creation of stringent national air quali…