A new study looks at the effects of growing police forces on racial inequality.

A new book delves into humanity's long march to overcoming distrust.

A new study looks at the effect of unemployment benefit generosity on employment levels during the Covid-19 pandemic.

A new book takes on an overlooked flaw in human judgment that can affect an organization's ability to make sound decisions about hiring and more.

It's been close to a decade since the first states legalized recreational marijuana. And the data is coming in.

A new study looks at the experiment with a guaranteed basic income in Stockton, California.

McDonald's is one of the nation's largest employers of low-wage workers. And because it's everywhere, it's a great place to test the effects of minimum wage laws.

Taxes may lack the razzle dazzle of meme-fueled stock rallies. But they might prove a better way to curb Wall Street excesses.

A new study adds to the growing mountain of evidence that says that poverty impairs people's ability to think.

A new study investigates whether common ownership of cereal makers by institutional investors is leading them to become a kind of stealth monopoly.

We talk with the authors of Why Nations Fail about whether the Capitol insurrection is a sign that our nation is failing and, if so, whether there's anything we can do about it.

A hundred years ago, a world war and a pandemic wreaked havoc on baseball and other industries. But pent-up demand helped them come roaring back.

A new study looks at ways to make New Year's resolutions succeed.

A new book digs into the social science of athletic greatness and reveals patterns leading to glory.

In mountains across America, skiers and snowboarders are ditching ski lifts and heading into the backcountry. We talked with a pioneer of backcountry snowboarding about how we got here.