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Thinking your life is worthwhile is correlated with a variety of positive outcomes.

Need to know how an election will turn out? Call your bookie.

Hold the press… college might be a bad idea. Unless we change something.

Regenerative capitalism challenges the belief that business success and environmental concerns are inherently at odds.

Financial literacy programs turns girls into powerful economic contributors.

Patently insane: How Big Pharma gouges drug prices

The sharp drop-off in world trade growth is a major risk in the coming year.

The social media company has long been expected to make a move into blockchain.

Money may not buy you love, but it won’t break your heart either.

Here’s why financial independence doesn’t mean free time forever.

Populism: The “overnight” problem 40 years in the making

Baby boomers seem to have had an advantage in nearly every financial metric compared to millennials, according to a new study from the Federal Reserve.

Just because a company does incredibly well financially doesn’t mean that it does any good for the people. How can we change that?

New research shows that the answer is more subtle than you might think.

A study from May 2018 found that most lottery winners report greater life satisfaction over a long-term period.

The Mega Millions jackpot has soared to a record-setting $1.6 billion after Friday’s drawing yielded no winners. Now, thousands of people are snatching up $2 tickets ahead of Tuesday’s drawing […]

At what point does spending billions on rocket technology seem irresponsible to those suffering on Earth?

Why do Americans have so much debt?

Life in debt, the American way.

The FIRE movement believes frugality is key to retiring in your 30s; others think the movement is about privilege more than prudence.

America’s #1 problem? It’s gone from “We the people” to “We the shareholders”. Can capitalism be better than this?

Amazon raised its minimum wage for US workers to $15 per hour. Then, it took a bunch of other benefits away in what’s being called a “stealth tax.”

Lions, lightning, and rivers all have one thing in common. We can use the laws of nature to build a regenerative economy and fix rampant inequality.

Millennials would rather pay off their student debt than spend money getting hitched.

Economist Jeffrey Sachs discusses how the megarich can help millions of children by donating 1 percent of their wealth.

The report outlines some bleak numbers for drivers who work for ride-hailing apps like Lyft and Uber, though those companies don’t quite agree with the researchers’ methodology.

MIT professor Robert Langer is a prolific American inventor in medicine. His advice? Don’t follow the money, do meaningful work.

Great again? Why America stopped looking forward to the future.

Sky-high rent, second jobs, and wealth-worshipping 1% TV shows—journalist Alissa Quart explains how the American dream became a dystopia, and why it’s so hard for middle-class Americans to get by.

How does money stay valuable? It just keeps growing. But is that healthy?