Opinions

Are we at the end of a policy cycle? It's early to say, but the interweaving of macroeconomic events and new sovereign parties could set back the clock and make monetary policy no longer independent

The study of history helps us understand how economies and societies have evolved in a direction rather than another. More crucially, it provides a rationale to assess current political debates and paths of development

The Human Life Indicator takes life expectancy into consideration, but also factors in longevity inequality. And Italy jumps from 28th place to 6th in the ranking

A study by Selim Gulesci and his colleagues explores the correlations between these factors in a culture that prefers male over female children

Some venture capital investors are starting to use data analytics to predict survival or failure. The authors have developed a data matrix identifying four startup archetypes

Entrepreneurs have long been the missing piece in social science research, but this is changing. We now need to understand the company level drivers of entreprenurial ideasby Nicolai Foss