World Economy

If you ever wondered why the most ruthless characters in corporate dramas, such as Succession, keep rising to the top, new research from the UBC Sauder School of Business suggests that dynamic is not just […]

Some developing country governments spend years making the reforms that international financial institutions want—only to find that their efforts are not rewarded. They may make budgets more transparent, publish their debt obligations, set up independent […]

Superglue, penicillin, X-rays, the pacemaker: All are examples of “happy accidents”—inventions by individuals trying to do one thing, and winding up with something superior to the original objective.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

Disinformation communicated by and on behalf of foreign powers is now part and parcel of digital statecraft in the information age, an expert from Cardiff University has said.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

The United States is planning new tariffs on some name-brand medicines.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

A new study shows that the ups and downs in house prices are far more dramatic than most people think—and that government policies play a big role in making them happen. The researchers analyzed housing […]

Mental load, invisible work, “the extra shift”; no matter the newly coined term, unpaid work in the domestic sphere, predominantly done by women, is a hidden burden eating away at the sleep and mental health […]

Redesigns can cause serious harm to businesses. New research from Adelaide University explores what brands should consider when modernizing their packaging. “The study shows that successful redesign depends on increasing consumers’ perceived modernity without undermining […]

Skepticism about claims regarding sustainability reduces consumers’ intentions to purchase sustainable products by weakening two important drivers of green consumption: people’s willingness to look for trustworthy environmental information and their anticipated guilt about making less […]

Marketers need to pay more attention to how marketing practices normalize the consumption of products that are known to be harmful to public health and social well-being, University of Otago—Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka researchers argue. A […]