The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated a longer-term trend of separating talent from location. In the past, economic development was defined by incentives for buildings and infrastructure,...
At the end of World War I, J. A. Schumpeter coined the term “thunder of history” to describe the historical roots of fiscal systems. Indeed, wars,...
Developing a national disaster response plan for the pandemic was only step one.
Mentions of sourdough, sacrifice and death all surged as the pandemic took hold Credit: Anthony Elgort American values, attitudes and activities have changed dramatically during COVID-19,...
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Feb. 18, 2020 — At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, we switched up our usual content to bring viewers...
The UK has given around 25% of its population a first dose, but across the world fewer than 3% of people have received a vaccine.
Tractor Supply has agreed to snap up farm and ranch retailer, Orscheln Farm and Home, in a cash deal worth $297 million. Shares of the largest...
A study of global trials of Fujifilm Holdings Corp.’s Avigan suggests the antiviral drug has little benefit for Covid-19 patients once their symptoms become serious.
Life expectancy in the United States fell by a year in the first half of 2020 – the biggest decline since World War 2 – and...
Debates between various schools of economic thought keep playing out in the public policy sphere. We saw this in 2008-09 within economics, as debates raged about...
Social audio app Clubhouse has now topped 8 million global downloads, despite still being in a prelaunch, invite-only mode, according to new data released today by...
The pandemic has brought humanity’s strained relationship with nature into sharp focus.
A stamp duty holiday announced to avoid a housing market crash is not all it was cracked up to be.
Credit: European Heart Journal Around 50% of patients who have been hospitalised with severe COVID-19 and who show raised levels of a protein called troponin have...
With distribution of Covid-19 vaccines being slow, public health officials and researchers are trying to develop schemes and rationales for delaying the dosing of the second...
The Canadian dollar is down slightly in the Thursday session. Currently, USD/CAD is trading at 1.2703, up 0.02% on the day. Loonie yawns as ADP nonfarm...
Nokia announced that they have been awarded a multi-year contract by A1 Austria for providing 5G network coverage across the country.
'Show trials' by dictatorships have repeatedly been shown to have no basis in law.
A transcript of The Conversation Weekly podcast episode #3.
While some of the authorised COVID-19 vaccines are grown, others are built.
Another 1.4 million people applied for unemployment insurance (UI) benefits last week, including 861,000 people who applied for regular state UI and 516,000 who applied for...
The US dollar weakened on Thursday, joining the decline in the broader financial markets. The greenback is slumping after the US government reported a larger-than-expected reading for initial jobless claims. While the dollar has rebounded over...
Sub-Saharan Africa’s services-led economic growth has been under increasing strain due to COVID-19. Beyond the threats to health and livelihoods the pandemic has thrown a wrench...
With the vaccines now being administered at sites around the US, it is important to address misinformation surrounding the effort.
Americans who believe aliens have visited Earth are more likely than disbelievers to say that Joe Biden is not the legitimate winner of the 2020 presidential...
NY Dems Move To End Cuomo Emergency Powers As FBI Launches Probe; Lawmaker Says Gov Threatened To "Destroy" Him It is looking increasingly certain that Democrats...
Doctors Endorse Delay Of 2nd Pfizer Jab Even As New Research Shows Low Efficacy Against South African 'Mutant' Following a flurry of data suggesting the first...
In recent years, the U.S. has seen more renters than at any point since at least 1965, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of Census...
A survey of the impact of the first few rounds of coronavirus aid shows that most of those who lost jobs or wages due to the...
With the successful Q4 US earnings season in the rear-view mirror for investors, attention has turned to the results for European companies. Unfortunately, the comparison is...