Kamala Harris’s proposed price-gouging ban might irritate academics, but it makes sense to everyone else.

Pollsters think they’ve learned from their mistakes in 2020. Of course, they thought that last time too.

With Joe Biden out of the race, the third-party candidate suddenly appears to pose a bigger threat to Donald Trump.

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The Yankees’ Domingo Germán threw the league’s first perfect game since 2012.

Authors are at the mercy of people who don’t bother reading their work.

Questionable theoretical assumptions drive economic models to rubber-stamp disastrous policy changes.

Without smart regulation, price competition turns into a race to the bottom.

A sweeping proposal by the Federal Trade Commission would block companies from limiting their employees’ ability to work for a rival.

When lawmakers voted to allow hemp production in 2018, they quietly opened the door to legal THC in all 50 states.

It’s the only time that female athletes get equal billing—but that’s only part of the explanation.

Both candidates seek to appeal to swing voters as well as their party’s base—but they do so in totally opposite ways.

Republicans portray ESG as the epitome of “woke capital.” The truth is closer to the opposite.

No matter the question, his answer is “illegal immigrants.”

The real culprit is the host of federal laws and regulations propping up prices to benefit corporate interests.

They wanted to tear down Yale from the inside. Then they got into its most exclusive secret society.

The ubiquitous rise of add-on fees and personalized pricing has turned buying stuff into a game you can’t win.

Against all odds, the government has created an actually good piece of technology.

After decades of treatment as second-class citizens, female college athletes are surpassing men in popularity, interest, and financial potential.

I didn’t think rooting for the Washington Wizards could get any worse. Then they announced a move to the suburbs.

The Fourteenth Amendment doesn’t give Joe Biden a way out of this crisis.

Biden antitrust chief Lina Khan is skeptical of big mergers like the deal to buy the maker of Call of Duty—and isn’t afraid to stop them in court.

The platform has a history of standing up to governments. Its billionaire suitor wants to follow their rules to the letter.

He used to talk about taking on corporate power. Now he’s openly pandering to plutocrats—and polling more strongly than ever.

It used to be okay to admit that the world had simply become too much.

Board members at Udemy, SolarWinds and three other public companies resigned in recent weeks because they simultaneously served as directors of competing companies.

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No one wants “California-style” housing prices. But the state’s policies are not unique.

Initially cast as a Trumpian villain, Louis DeJoy is quietly delivering for the Postal Service, and Democrats

A moment in “O Come, All Ye Faithful” is so popular, it’s printed on T-shirts. But it’s also symbolic, and important to music history.

The Biden-Harris Administration is taking action on junk fees that hurt Americans’ pocketbooks and the economy. By: Brian Deese, Neale Mahoney, Tim Wu

Bitcoin’s biggest weakness may be its greatest strength.

“Cheese is packed with nutrients like protein, calcium and phosphorus, and can serve a healthy purpose in the diet,” one nutrition expert says.