Parental-leave packages vary widely across the OECD

“Productivity is almost everything in economics and it's terrible everywhere https://t.co/ICD6wuVBpI”

“The coming decades will bring population shrinkage not seen since the Black Death. Good for wages, bad for GDP.”

The modern economy was built on automation, so it's natural to assume that the future will be defined by automation as well. It seems like every week there's a new study or think piece about the job-destroying potential of robotics and artificial intelligence. But our...

Here's a guide to the World Economic Forum's 10 key global challenges, and why they matter to our future.

Even amid the venture capital boom of the past few years, entrepreneurs are finding it harder to build big, enduring companies. What does this mean for the future of innovation?

“May jobless rate by education: B.A. or more 2.4% High school grads 5.1% No H.S. diploma 7.1% https://t.co/8ZxlL5J2zR”

It's grounded in 50 years of reality.

Despite the allure of apps and social media, today’s digital technologies are doing little to generate the kind of prosperity that previous generations enjoyed, a prominent economist argues. But that doesn’t mean we should give up on innovation.

Despite the allure of apps and social media, today’s digital technologies are doing little to generate the kind of prosperity that previous generations enjoyed, a prominent economist argues. But that doesn’t mean we should give up on innovation.

Better-known for low-paid jobs than generous incentive packages, McDonald’s Corp. is facing a labor shortage so dire in Hungary that it’s offering free rooms to out-of-town burger flippers.

Better-known for low-paid jobs than generous incentive packages, McDonald’s Corp. is facing a labor shortage so dire in Hungary that it’s offering free rooms to out-of-town burger flippers.

“China's labor productivity rates are less than a tenth of European, Japanese, and US levels”