Sebastian Edwards finds Keynes’ public take-down of Roosevelt’s gold policies still relevant today
In Japan, speedier commutes let workers live farther from jobs, taking some pressure off high-priced housing markets
In New York, small and budget hotels — competitors to short-term rentals — raised prices
Laptops and TVs are based on quality, fast food and soda on taste; but some buyers defy these models, and it’s an opportunity for marketers
Contrary to assumptions, low-wage workers lose substantial income in years after layoff
Improving the search for contractors that don’t use coercion
Being stigmatized by stereotype feeds anxiety and depletes self-control
Biases around race, nation-of-origin and disability are small compared to the preference for helping the diligent
Whether research shows benefits from diversity depends heavily on choice of study design
Researchers take on the difficult job of isolating for-profit prisons from a host of other factors
Tax policy change triggers an incentive for lenders to be more aggressive
A 12-month high in local unemployment triggers savings behavior
Airbnb hosts seem to prosper more than Uber drivers
Employing a distinct part of the brain, they’re better at imagining a distant future and seeing others’ points of view
Active investors take up some — but not all — of the slack created by index funds
Are older inventors weighed down by obsolete knowledge? Young inventors don’t carry that burden