Research Shows Working From Home Doesn’t Work. Here’s How Employers Should Tackle the Problem

Working from home doesn’t work for many workers. Employers need to tackle t...

 TIME > Economy Research Shows Working From Home Doesn’t Work. Here’s How Employers Should Tackle the Problem

China Is Still the World's Factory—And It's Designing the Future With AI

"AI is the engine fueling the fourth industrial revolution. China is at the...

 TIME > Economy China Is Still the World's Factory—And It's Designing the Future With AI

How a New Deal for Global Taxation Might Save Democracy

Every year, multinational corporations divert some $1.38 trillion in profit...

 TIME > Economy How a New Deal for Global Taxation Might Save Democracy

Big Tech Is Coming to Small-Town America, But There's a Catch

Data centers run by Facebook, Google and other tech companies are expanding...

 TIME > Economy Big Tech Is Coming to Small-Town America, But There's a Catch

What Women Owe One Another on Black Women's Equal Pay Day

The wage gap is often described as a pay and opportunity difference between...

 TIME > Economy What Women Owe One Another on Black Women's Equal Pay Day

Biden’s Last-Ditch Effort to Stop Evictions Frustrates Allies

The President faces criticism from some of his allies for not acting sooner...

 TIME > Economy Biden’s Last-Ditch Effort to Stop Evictions Frustrates Allies

Only Half of American Households Donate to Charity, a New Study Reveals

Donations to charity are reaching record highs, but the giving is done by a...

 TIME > Economy Only Half of American Households Donate to Charity, a New Study Reveals

The IRS Is Struggling to Keep Up—And That’s Bad For Everyone

With new responsibilities doling out COVID-19 relief and child tax credits,...

 TIME > Economy The IRS Is Struggling to Keep Up—And That’s Bad For Everyone

5 U.S. Cities Saw the Largest Jump in Home Prices in 30 Years This April. And There's No Sign Home Prices Will Go Down Soon.

U.S. home prices soared in April at the fastest pace since 2005 as potentia...

 TIME > Economy 5 U.S. Cities Saw the Largest Jump in Home Prices in 30 Years This April. And There's No Sign Home Prices Will Go Down Soon.

The Federal Reserve May Start Dialing Back Its Low-Interest-Rate Policies Sooner Than Planned

Policymakers forecast they would raise their benchmark short-term rate twic...

 TIME > Economy The Federal Reserve May Start Dialing Back Its Low-Interest-Rate Policies Sooner Than Planned

The Pandemic Revealed How Much We Hate Our Jobs. Now We Have a Chance to Reinvent Work

The workplace doesn't work. Now's our chance to reinvent it

 TIME > Economy The Pandemic Revealed How Much We Hate Our Jobs. Now We Have a Chance to Reinvent Work

The Empire State Building Opened During the Great Depression. Its Survival Story Holds a Lesson for Today

As office buildings grapple with how to cope after a year of working from h...

 TIME > Economy The Empire State Building Opened During the Great Depression. Its Survival Story Holds a Lesson for Today

America's 1% Got Way Richer During the Pandemic. We Need a Onetime Wealth Tax to Help Rebuild the Country

The coronavirus has been nothing less than a calamity. But more than a year...

 TIME > Economy America's 1% Got Way Richer During the Pandemic. We Need a Onetime Wealth Tax to Help Rebuild the Country

Asia's Economies Are Set to Rebound From COVID-19 Faster Than the U.S. or Europe—If They Can Step Up Vaccine Rollouts

But, economic success could be thwarted by the region's sluggish vaccine ro...

 TIME > Economy Asia's Economies Are Set to Rebound From COVID-19 Faster Than the U.S. or Europe—If They Can Step Up Vaccine Rollouts

The Free Market is Dead: What Will Replace It?

Big meetings in the Oval Office in the time of Covid-19 are rare, but two w...

 TIME > Economy The Free Market is Dead: What Will Replace It?

America's Interstate Slave Trade Once Trafficked Nearly 30,000 People a Year—And Reshaped the Country's Economy

Between the 1820s and the 1830s, the number of slaves transported across st...

 TIME > Economy America's Interstate Slave Trade Once Trafficked Nearly 30,000 People a Year—And Reshaped the Country's Economy

China's Growth Surges to 18.3% but the Pandemic Rebound Is Leveling Off

But an explosive rebound from the pandemic is slowing as manufacturing and ...

 TIME > Economy China's Growth Surges to 18.3% but the Pandemic Rebound Is Leveling Off

A Massive Cargo Ship Stuck in Egypt's Suez Canal Is Imperiling Shipping Worldwide

By one estimate, $9 billion worth of goods are held up for each day the Sue...

 TIME > Economy A Massive Cargo Ship Stuck in Egypt's Suez Canal Is Imperiling Shipping Worldwide

Spain Is Going to Trial a 4-Day Work Week. Could the Idea Go Mainstream Post-Pandemic?

What the country can learn from companies and municipalities that have trie...

 TIME > Economy Spain Is Going to Trial a 4-Day Work Week. Could the Idea Go Mainstream Post-Pandemic?

A San Francisco Experiment Will Give Some Pregnant Women $1,000 a Month. Could Other Cities Be Next?

When Maile Chand reminisces about her 2016 pregnancy, the first thing that ...

 TIME > Economy A San Francisco Experiment Will Give Some Pregnant Women $1,000 a Month. Could Other Cities Be Next?

Why You Should Be Wary of Claims That the Stock Market Is in a Bubble

Bubbles, bubbles everywhere. So say an increasing number of Wall Street pro...

 TIME > Economy Why You Should Be Wary of Claims That the Stock Market Is in a Bubble

Millions of Tenants Behind on Rent, Small Landlords Struggling, Eviction Moratoriums Expiring Soon: Inside the Next Housing Crisis

Millions of tenants are behind on rent, mom-and-pop landlords are strugglin...

 TIME > Economy Millions of Tenants Behind on Rent, Small Landlords Struggling, Eviction Moratoriums Expiring Soon: Inside the Next Housing Crisis

The Housing Market Is Booming, But Millions of Americans Face Eviction—and the Gap Is Getting Worse

The COVID-19 pandemic is putting housing even farther out of reach for mill...

 TIME > Economy The Housing Market Is Booming, But Millions of Americans Face Eviction—and the Gap Is Getting Worse

President-Elect Biden's Ambitious Economic Proposals Face a Divided Congress

Biden's ambitious plans to remake the economy must pass a divided Cong...

 TIME > Economy President-Elect Biden's Ambitious Economic Proposals Face a Divided Congress

China Reports Faster Economic Recovery After Bringing COVID-19 Under Control

Chinese exporters have benefited from the economy’s relatively early reopen...

 TIME > Economy China Reports Faster Economic Recovery After Bringing COVID-19 Under Control

Americans Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson Win Nobel Prize in Economics

Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson have won the Nobel Prize in economics ...

 TIME > Economy Americans Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson Win Nobel Prize in Economics

Nobel Peace Prize Goes to World Food Program for Fight Against Hunger

The Nobel Committee said that the coronavirus pandemic has added to the hun...

 TIME > Economy Nobel Peace Prize Goes to World Food Program for Fight Against Hunger

World’s Richest People Are Now $813 Billion Wealthier Despite the Pandemic

Despite the global economic shock, the world’s 500 richest people are a com...

 TIME > Economy World’s Richest People Are Now $813 Billion Wealthier Despite the Pandemic

President Trump Halts Stimulus Bill Negotiations Until After Election

The news comes after Fed Chairman Jerome Powell warned earlier Tuesday that...

 TIME > Economy President Trump Halts Stimulus Bill Negotiations Until After Election

U.S. Added 1.8 Million Jobs in July in Sign That Hiring Has Stalled

(WASHINGTON) — The United States added 1.8 million jobs in July, a pullback...

 TIME > Economy U.S. Added 1.8 Million Jobs in July in Sign That Hiring Has Stalled