Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Economists like to model people as rational creatures who make self-interested decisions. But humans don’t act ...

Harvard economist Roland Fryer details the findings of his research into creating genuine opportunity for every child in America, regardless of background. Photo: Free to Choose Network I was among a ...

According to a recent poll of 500 global CEOs, 94% believe AI could offer better counsel than at least one of their human board members. In October 2025, Samruk-Kazyna, the National Wealth Fund of ...

On September 23, the European Union and Indonesia signed a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) after 19 rounds of negotiations over nine years. The agreement is part of the EU’s drive ...

A country’s gross domestic product (GDP), which measures total economic output, is central to how governments assess their economies. But this figure, when looked at in isolation, which is most often ...

STOCKHOLM — Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the Nobel memorial prize in economics Monday for “having explained innovation-driven economic growth.” Mokyr is from Northwestern ...

STOCKHOLM — Three researchers who probed the process of business innovation won the Nobel memorial prize in economics Monday for explaining how new products and inventions promote economic growth and ...

CFR scholars provide expert analysis and commentary on international issues. Catherine Powell, an adjunct senior fellow for women and foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations, is the former ...

Agents discovered “prohibited plants,” cigars and apparent human bones and part of a skull in luggage. Apparent human remains were discovered inside of luggage at Tampa International Airport, ...

Venice: As this year's festival comes to a close, this poignant film partially set in an empty theater serves as a fitting palate cleanser. As this year’s Biennale approached its conclusion, its ...

Industry analysts estimate that the July 4 weekend floods in Central Texas caused $1.1 billion in damage to residential buildings. Much of that cost will be borne by owners, since an estimated 98% of ...

FOR MOST of history the safest prediction has been that things will continue much as they are. But sometimes the future is unrecognisable. The tech bosses of Silicon Valley say humanity is approaching ...