Economics

By some estimates, the world is short $400 trillion to pay for its aging population.

Record flooding, a delayed harvest, and a trade war with China are hammering US agriculture this year.

It used to be easier to hide your wine cave.

A decade after the great recession, our politics are different, but our finances are worse.

Vox breaks down how different groups in America are taxed and which ones pay the most.

A shift to renewable energy powered by a carbon tax would create millions of new jobs, but the amount of money it would return to U.S. residents in rebates could vary considerably.

Watching booms and busts in Madagascar, the world's primary source of natural vanilla.

The case was brought by six people in Idaho who said a pair of local laws violated the Eighth Amendment's prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment.

A previous chart looked at shifts in job distribution over the past several decades, but it was difficult to see by how much each occupation group changed individually. The chart below makes the changes more obvious.

The US economy is increasingly concentrated in large cities and near the coasts and less so in rural areas.

As New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio expands tenant protections, a pair of US senators introduce the Eviction Crisis Act to help renters get legal help.

A 50-inch TV for $300 comes with some trade-offs.

Federal Reserve officials believed that the labor market was about as good as it could get. They were wrong.

In Texas and Florida, Robert Marbut Jr. sold cities on a controversial model for providing homeless services. Now he's bringing it to the White House.

Why discrimination against voucher holders is a big problem.

Recipients have used the money to apply for better jobs, spend more time with their children, or save for better housing.

Innovation experts have long overlooked home innovators, but acknowledging them could be good for the economy.

The economics of cruising are as fascinating as they are counterintuitive.

Jumping from job to job wasn't a choice, especially for Black folks.

Hurricanes, fires, floods and a sudden decline in oil demand could all have serious consequences.

Since 1980, economists say, wage growth for the highest-paid workers has been roughly triple that for the lowest-paid. In some cities, the disparity is wider.

From Calabasas to the Upper East Side, 'tis the holiest season of all: the Olympics of competitive holiday decorations among the one percent.

The rise of hustle culture is often attributed to millennials, but when it comes to grinding in the gig economy these days, boomers are leading the way.

When you compare lived reality with the data, it's clear something big is getting lost in translation.

Increasingly, schools aren't relying on a single test to identify who belongs in gifted-and-talented classes.

There's still disagreement. But it looks like in many cases, pay raises swamp any lost jobs.

Exploring Australia's relationship with China and comparing it to the United States's, both historically and current.

The problem with the High Line and all its imitators.

What's preventing insulin from being made cheaply and making it to market at an affordable rate?

Venezuela experienced the largest economic collapse outside of war in at least 45 years — how did it ever get so bad?

The EAT-Lancet diet to save the planet from climate change and malnutrition is too expensive for 1.5 billion people.

Why the public costs of tax incentives often outweigh the benefits — and one possible solution.

A conversation with Tara Westover, author of "Educated," on how the experience gap between urban and rural areas is fast becoming an empathy gap.

Economists are grappling with how we respond to financial incentives, especially in light of Elizabeth Warren's tax proposal.

Multiple studies are now showing that millennials have lower income and half the wealth of older generations.

These landowners got rich buying and building Silicon Valley. Now can they fix the housing crisis?

The median price for a house now tops $600,000, more than twice the national level. The state has four of the country's five most expensive residential markets. The poverty rate, when adjusted for the cost of living, is the worst in the nation. How did this happen?

How has the agency built such a big online following? Because it offers escapism at a time of towering property prices.

While the amount of time spent at work was cut dramatically, productivity — measured by sales per employee — went up by almost 40% compared to the same period the previous year, the company said in a statement last week.

The influx of police officers into New York's subway system is part of a broader criminalization of poverty.

Selling a haunted house is a complex negotiation, a mash-up of local laws, local culture, and local lore. Good luck!

As the megarich continue to stockpile wealth, it's helpful to think of their greed as a problematic affliction.

From plane tickets to cellphone bills, monopoly power costs American consumers billions of dollars a year.

Prices are up, but that hasn't stopped people from eating out.

People misunderstand the relationship between Black Thursday and the Great Depression — and we'd be well-served to get it right.

More and more companies are finding success by returning to a revamped holding company approach that fits today's market.

After a lobbying effort, Dan Gilbert won special tax status for wealthy areas of downtown Detroit — where he owns billions' worth of property.

Bloomberg Businessweek picks the stocks you should keep your eye on.

Scale, captive customers, minimal competition — it should be a recipe for profits galore. But a profit warning pushed Nokia's shares down by 25% at one point today.

A new study finds that even considering other factors, the walkability of a child's neighborhood has a direct correlation to increased adult earnings.

There's no trace of toxic dust on the sleek iPhones at the Apple Store — that would be terrible for marketing campaigns.

At least £325 billion of corrupt or suspicious wealth has flowed through UK financial institutions.

If you're a frugal flyer who doesn't mind paying less for no checked bags (or sitting in the middle seat), it's a great deal.

For years, urban "renewal" meant wooing young professionals. Even they can't afford to live in cities anymore.

A new report says that automation won't wipe out warehouse jobs in the short term, but it may make them worse.

Stigmatization is a process that is as much about power and privilege as it is about marginalization and disenfranchisement.

If you've ever gone car shopping, you know dealers will pull out of the air any number of bonkers excuses not to disclose their pricing.

A new book challenges one of our most persistent illusions — that meritocracy is possible, or even makes any sense.

The unicorn massacre unfolding today is exactly the opposite of what happened in 2000.

Capitalism is great at making people want things they don't need.