Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the prize for showing how “society must keep an eye on the factors that generate and sustain economic growth,” an award committee member said. By Eshe ...

DUBLIN, Calif.—Mira Shah was in sixth grade five years ago when a brush fire ignited on the hill in front of her house. Shah had heard that global warming was making natural hazards like wildfires ...

As course registration comes to an end, registrar data reveals the most popular Yale College courses for the spring 2025 semester. This year, economics, political science and psychology departments ...

Economics — one of the most popular majors at Brandeis — provides a lens through which we can better understand and improve our world. Economics is the study of human choice and economic behavior. It ...

About half of Americans are defined as being in the middle class. But, surely, they don’t all share the same lifestyle. For that reason, we’ll divide the middle class into lower, middle, and upper ...

In her second memoir, the author of “Maid” recounts the struggle of getting educated in America below the poverty line. By Nelson Lichtenstein Nelson Lichtenstein is the author of “A Fabulous Failure: ...

Katie Miller is a consumer financial services expert. She worked for almost two decades as an executive, leading multi-billion dollar mortgage, credit card, and savings portfolios with operations ...

A majority of teenagers in the United States reported becoming distracted when using digital devices in class, and it has some correlation with their academic performance, according to results from ...

With businesses finding new, inventive ways to make money with ChatGPT every day, it’s no surprise that AI training courses are becoming increasingly sought after. Workers in all sorts of industries ...

Mikeie Reiland is a staff writer for Education at Forbes Advisor. Before coming to Forbes Advisor, he wrote magazine journalism for publications like the Oxford American, Bitter Southerner, and Gravy.

Katherine Haan, MBA, is a Senior Staff Writer for Forbes Advisor and a former financial advisor turned international bestselling author and business coach. For more than a decade, she’s helped small ...