An economist argues that President Donald Trump's investments in Big Tech will ruin the country's economy and its technological edge.

The question “at first struck me as too open-ended to be usefully addressed by standard economics,” said Charles Jones of ...

Drawing on a background in law, public policy and cybersecurity program leadership, Judith Borts brings a wide-angle view to Canada’s escalating digital risks. In this Expert Insights Q&A, she ...

In 2020, as COVID-19 raged, John Furner - then chief of Walmart's largest U.S. division - consulted colleagues in China, ...

Peer into The Economist’s decision-making processes with Tom Standage, our deputy editor, who explains how we select and ...

Recycling has always carried the right intentions, but it has never had the right architecture. For decades, governments, ...

If Donald Trump loses his Supreme Court fight over tariffs, the US may be forced to return “tens of billions of dollars to companies that have paid import fees this year, plus interest,” The Atlantic ...

US stocks gained for the week thanks to a rebound Friday in mega-cap technology stocks and the expected return of regular ...

History proves it: In the 1990s, many people feared encryption, but now it secures bank transfers. In the 2000s, online payments seemed risky to many people, but now they power trillions in commerce.

Major stock indexes ended sharply lower Thursday, a day after President Donald Trump signed a funding bill to end the longest federal shutdown in U.S. history, as technology shares dragged the Nasdaq.

Timing, resources and innovation matter tremendously, but when you seek to solve a truly pressing problem felt across society ...

The surest way to help everyday folks achieve the American Dream in the Age of AI is not to wrap them and our economy in an ...