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President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping leave a business leaders event at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Economics

An Ethical Cloud Is Hanging Over China’s Natural Gas Investment Agreement in West Virginia

At least one member of the state’s trade delegation who helped negotiate the deal—a gas industry executive—was also working to help his private company on the trip.

Ken Ward Jr.

A For Rent sign stands in front of a house on in Chicago, Illinois.

Economics

The Rent Is Still Too Damn High

A new report finds that, all across the country, minimum-wage workers don't earn enough to rent a two-bedroom home.

Dwyer Gunn

Photo showing a doctor talking to a patient sitting on a bed in an exam room

Economics

Legal Experts From Both Sides of the Political Spectrum Come Out in Support of the ACA’s Constitutionality

The group of experts includes both fierce advocates of the ACA and fierce opponents.

Dwyer Gunn

The Federal Reserve building in Washington, D.C.

Economics

The Federal Reserve Raises Interest Rates

The move was widely expected due to the strengthening economy and low unemployment.

Dwyer Gunn

Economics

Why Are the Hopi Suing to Save a Coal-Fire Power Plant?

Officials from the tribe worry about the economic impacts of closing the Navajo Generating Station, but water conservationists are pushing for the region to move on.

Debra Utacia Krol

Warren Buffett speaks onstage during Fortune's Most Powerful Women Summit on October 13th, 2015, in Washington, D.C.

Economics

Is Our Focus on Quarterly Earnings Hurting the U.S. Economy?

Two prominent business leaders point to the dangers of quarterly earnings guidance. Research suggests they're right to be concerned.

Dwyer Gunn

An Amp sits on the dashboard of a Lyft driver's car on January 31st, 2017, in San Francisco, California.

Economics

Is the Gig Economy Growing or Shrinking?

A new BLS survey shows that the percentage of Americans employed in most types of alternative work arrangements has actually declined since 2005. But that report only tells half the story.

Dwyer Gunn

A worker looks for defective bills in the sheets of newly printed $20 bills at the Department of the Treasury in Washington, D.C.

Economics

Tribalism and the $20 Bill

New research finds debates over what historical figures should be on our currency break down along partisan and racial lines.

Tom Jacobs

The Boeing plant in North Charleston, South Carolina.

Economics

Boeing Flight Line Workers Vote to Unionize in South Carolina

In this historically anti-union state, organizing even a small number of workers is a big deal.

Francie Diep

A section of the Rocky Mountain News newsroom sits empty on February 27th, 2009, in Denver, Colorado.

Economics

Uncovering the Financial Impacts of Local News Deserts

New research shows that cities where newspapers closed up shop saw increases in government costs as a result of the lack of scrutiny over local deals.

Kriston Capps