Pew Research Center | Aaron Smith and Janna Anderson
Respondents are deeply divided on how advances in AI and robotics will impact the economic and employment picture over the next decade.
Pew Research Center | Drew DeSilver
We can look to the recent past to get a sense for how technological change already has reshaped the U.S. workforce.
Re/code | Amy Schatz
President Obama said that he’s uncomfortable with the idea of allowing Internet providers to sell fast-lane access to content companies.
New York | Annie Lowrey
For all the talk of disruption” in today’s economy
S&P Capital IQ | Standard & Poor’s
A degree of inequality is to be expected in any market economy, but too much inequality can undermine growth.
The New York Times | Neil Irwin
What would the economy look like right now if it were fully healthy, and how is the actual reality of the economy right now different from that?
Forbes | Edward D. Hess
Innovative thinking, like critical thinking, does not come naturally to most people.
The Guardian | Jana Kasperkevic
The July unemployment rate for younger workers was 11.3%, five percentage points higher than the overall unemployment rate.
The Washington Post | Ryan McCarthy
FRED, the massive economic database maintained by the St. Louis Federal Reserve, has become something of mecca for economics.
The New York Times | The Editorial Board
The Federal Reserve said it would continue to stimulate the economy because, despite overall economic growth, the labor market remained weak.
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Goldman Sachs predicts that 18 to 34 year olds will leave the nest when the labor market fully recovers.
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A new social media platform aims to subvert the traditional model by paying users for their updates.
Wired | Issie Lapowsky
HealthTap Prime gives subscribers unlimited access to live videoconferences with actual doctors.
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A recent study shows we’re less hopeful about achieving the American Dream
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Three cities across the UK will be selected to host driverless car trials starting in January 2015.
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The defining challenge of our era is that workers in the bottom half can no longer trust that their living standard will double every generation.
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Inflation-adjusted median wealth is about 20 percent lower today than it was in 1984.
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A few large, concentrated players will provide infrastructure, platforms, and services that support many fragmented, niche players.
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The Export-Import Bank plays an instrumental role in supporting U.S. manufacturing and services exports.
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In July 1944, 730 delegates gathered to create institutions to govern the global economy for the future in which the Axis powers had been defeated.
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What can we do better than smart machines? How can more of us make sure that we are able to compete against them?
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The Office of Science and Technology Policy is calling on America’s inventors and innovators for great ideas.
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Parents are tapping the most brilliant chess brains in India, Bulgaria and Moscow to deliver online tutorials for their offspring via Skype.
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It turns out all anyone needs to invade a friend’s apartment is an off switch for their conscience and an iPhone.
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If someone rents out a place using Airbnb and the guest” refuses to leave
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Blue-collar startups” create sustainable jobs for a thriving middle class – the engine of America’s economy.
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Sites like TaskRabbit are isolating workers and paying them less.
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Inequality and lack of opportunity today constitute a national infirmity and vulnerability – and there are policy tools that can make a difference.
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The report highlights successful job-training programs, details executive actions, and aims to help Americans get high-demand jobs and careers.
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TaskRabbit gave up its freewheeling auction structure in favor of a model that looks more like a Web site where people can find workers.
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Salaries for recent college graduates have risen at less than half the pace for all U.S. workers since the recession.
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How are policy makers going to grapple with entire industries’ disruptions in periods that are shorter than election cycles?
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A number of countries are pursuing or have already implemented national or regional walls around key elements of the Internet.
