Our current economic system is based on poor science and should not be used to guide government decision-making when faced with threats to existence like climate change. That's the conclusion of a new ...

Every day, billions of dollars flow through crypto systems—used to pay remote workers, settle international trades and back online commerce. This is no longer an experimental playground for tech ...

What makes for a good economic system? How do we fix flaws in the system like inequality? The winners of the most recent Nobel Prize in Economics attempted to answer these questions: James Robinson of ...

In most of the countries we surveyed, there is widespread support for changing the economic system. In fact, in all but three nations, majorities say the economic system in their country needs major ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

“It’s easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism,” wrote Mark Fisher in his 2009 book Capitalist Realism. This sense pervades our culture like a dense fog, helping to create the ...

The global economic system under which most countries have operated for the last 80 years is being reset, ushering the world into a new era. Existing rules are challenged while new ones are yet to ...

This program area addresses the social and behavioral sciences—including anthropology, economics, political science, psychology, and sociology—to understand and address complex relationships among ...

For decades, conversations about equality in business have focused on opportunity. But as data continues to reveal just how uneven the playing field remains; the real issue isn’t opportunity, it’s ...