Government policy and regulation

Workers would benefit, and so would the economy.

Extra ventilation often means using more energy - but it doesn't have to.

Entrepreneurs sit on the sidelines for fear of innocently running afoul of the law.

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

We know what works, but the U.S. lacks the political will to implement it.

Something strange is happening in the debate about the U.S. federal budget deficit. Across the land, in books and on editorial pages, the message seems to be changing. In October 1987, Peter Peterson wrote in the Atlantic Monthly that the federal deficit is the centerpiece of many grim scenarios, including global depression, severe inflation, a […]

Just a few years after its 2005 opening, Georgia Aquarium faced a challenge common to all experience-based businesses: After an initial rush of traffic,...

The internet has changed a lot since the Communications Decency Act was passed in 1996.

Research shows why companies should welcome the Federal Trade Commission's proposed ban.

With job growth continuing to lag even as the economy picks up, local communities will be tempted to resume “smokestack chasing”—using tax breaks to attract big employers. That’s a misguided approach. Our research shows that regional economic growth is highly correlated with the presence of many small, entrepreneurial employers—not a few big ones. In fact, […]

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, […]

The economic distress of America's inner cities may be the most pressing issue facing the nation. The lack of businesses and jobs in disadvantaged urban...

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 […]

Hathaway Jones’s CEO has found a promising candidate to open the company’s flagship store in Shanghai. Should a revelation on the Internet disqualify her now?

In privacy law, a little outrage goes a long way - but often in the wrong direction.

It’s about incentives, not just fiduciary duty.

An interview with Adam Posen of the Peterson Institute for International Economics.

Make it their decision, not your directive.

It’s the best way to show consumers that you practice what you preach.

A recent study found that one retailer slashed hours, scrambled schedules, and cut benefits after a minimum wage hike.