The industrial sector contributes about 25% of global carbon dioxide emissions, but there has not been enough study on how ...

Economists say the Trump administration's sweeping tariffs on imports are boosting consumer prices in the U.S.

Economics was a bystander to the Industrial Revolution and rather ruined the 20th century; it should understand that it is best conceived as a leisure activity.

What does this study means for our future? Climate scientists warn of climate disaster. But economists? Many say the economic hit from global warming will be negligible. But a new study shows the cost ...

"Social scientists can collect data to help policymakers better understand problems in the world," said Alexander Hertel-Fernandez.

The Wisconsin Badgers football struggles have been hard enough for fans to swallow, but the impact of the losses extends beyond the sidelines of Camp Randall St ...

The easiest thing to say is, don’t antagonize your core customers,” Yale economist and study author Kenneth Gillingham said.

Joel Mokyr was lauded by the Nobel committee Monday for demonstrating how innovations become a “self-generating process.” ...

The U.S. opioid crisis has varied in severity across the country, leading to extended debate about how and why it has spread.

Two well-known paintings about war—Delacroix’s triumphant Liberty Leading the People (1830) and Picasso’s darkly chaotic Guernica (1937)—use distinct styles and compositional arrangements to amplify a ...

U.S. children whose parents divorce when they are age 5 or younger have reduced earnings as adults and increased chances by young adulthood of teen pregnancy, incarceration and death, according to a ...