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Test Your Knowledge of Business and the Economy
A verdict on organic wines, imagining a world without cross-border capital constraints, beach houses and a financial crisis
Technology’s Hidden Role in the Accountant Shortage
Software that saves time and money may paradoxically be resulting in a shortage of accountants
Technology Alone Won’t Decide the Future of Remote Work
Social and institutional forces ultimately enable — or stifle — change
Techies Have Chance Encounters and Brainstorm — and If They Don’t, Innovation Suffers
What your genome says about college completion, and how likely a crash is after a credit boom
Tech Sector Propels California’s Economy Faster than the Nation’s
New economic indicator allows forecasters to monitor the state’s performance more closely
Taxing Jet Fuel Could Reduce Airline Greenhouse Gas Emissions Now
Breakthrough technologies are years off for aviation, but incremental improvements are available
Taking the Battle for Financial Literacy to Where the Eyeballs Are
Research by Bruce Carlin and Stephen Spiller suggests YouTube videos could help consumers make better money decisions
Surge Pricing’s Benefits Go to a Subset of Ride-Hailing Drivers
Full-timers gain the least, part-time drivers the most
Strict Emissions Rules in China Spur Automotive Innovations
Tough standards led to an increase in auto-related patents
Streaming Choices: Do We Follow the Big Crowd or Our Friends?
The ubiquitous community-wide customer rating is the biggest pull in helping us pick a movie or show
Status among Team Members: Conflict and Productivity
Groups with unsettled hierarchies can benefit from disagreements that establish a pecking order
State Tax Credits for Angel Investors Backfire
Good ideas may be scarce, capital to fund them is not
Startups and Gentrification Go Hand in Hand, But How Does That Happen?
Looking at London, by one measure the world’s second strongest entrepreneurial center
Startling Productivity Leap: an Algorithm, Not a Manager, Assigns Work
Warehouse pickers perceive process to be fairer