… market extremist like myself, most certainly not, but rather a socially democratic leaning (we might call this “liberal” in the context of the American political debate) economist and an economist who actually looks at the evidence of what has been …

Instead of settling in Silicon Valley, some 40 miles south of the city, the customer service software firm decided to set up shop in San Francisco. summer-of-hate-2937-2.jpg Vexed in the city: CNET looks at how San Francisco is dealing with its tech …

In recounting this inauspicious chapter in our history it might behoove us to acknowledge that few Americans care about this strange little war. It was fought beyond the tall ridgeline in American memory of the Civil War. In the far distance we see the …

Pied a terre and investment purchases by wealthy residents of the former Soviet Union, China, the Indian diaspora and the Middle East play a role in this inflation, particularly in London, where an onslaught of Asian buyers, now, by one estimate …

The lower animals are FAR better at adapting to changes in their environment than whining, affluent humans who don't have to worry about food. Zebrafish 5pts. Why is it, that the people of Brainless Island wait until the VERY END of the land use …

Reihan Salam: Much of your work is based on the notion that the United States can learn from the efforts of other affluent market democracies to better the lives of the poor. Across these countries, have rising wages been the chief vehicle for raising …

These communities (often inner-ring suburbs) are beset with problems once associated with big cities: unemployment (especially among young men), crime, homelessness and inadequate schools and public services. Their populations … Ferguson's black …

AT&T didn't provide a lot of details on the Cupertino launch, but The San Jose Mercury News reported that the service was scheduled to go live in Apple's hometown in December, with other Bay area rollouts to follow early next year. In the same story …

According to Nicholson, online advisers help their full-service counterparts by broadening the base of investing households and teaching future affluent families to expect and rely on financial advice. Although he thinks services like FutureAdvisor …