Columbia, No. 2 on U.S. News & World Report’s coveted college list, withdrew from the rankings this summer after one of its own math professors questioned the figures the...
A multi-state settlement with electronic cigarette maker Juul might not contain an outright admission by the company that it deliberately targeted kids with advertising a...
I’ve been teaching an undergraduate class for almost 20 years called “The Economics of Desire.” I always thought “desire” in the title was the attraction, but it turns ou...
An elderly Ukrainian village woman comes to her garden gate and freezes as she watches a soldier approach. Then she puts her hand to her mouth, and begins to sob. As the ...
China's economy is in trouble. The juggernaut that once looked bound for global domination is slowing down — and not only in the short run.
The Chinese economy's projecte...
It was June 2, 1953. My family did not have a TV and my mother very much wanted to see the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, and so we drove to the ...
These are the best of times for Illinois’ corn and soybean farmers, as anyone driving along downstate highways can plainly see. With just weeks to go before the peak of ...
While the eyes of journalists, Congress and the public are on the Department of Justice investigation of the classified documents that former President Donald Trump remov...
It's complicated. That's how a couple might explain a relationship that's closer than its history would suggest it should be. It also could describe the relationship betw...
For would-be vacationers, this has been the summer of our discontent. In the wake of the pandemic, severe staffing shortages have triggered a crush of disruption: Flight ...
