Knowledge

A new study questions the place of meritocracy in higher education.

Pittsburgh is the best place in the United States to flip property. What explains the real estate boom?

You go where you know. You went to the wrong college and spent too much money.

Zero manufacturing employment: Coming soon to a regional economy near you.

A new study finds merely looking things up on the Web increases our belief in our own knowledge—even with topics unrelated to our search.

One sociology professor recalls finally getting rid of the objects meant only to indicate membership in a particular class.

Brain drain benefits India.

Of course a growing population indicates a growing demand for housing. But around knowledge hubs, which act as agents of gentrification, population can actually decrease while demand for quality changes.

The problem with Dan Gilbert's view of what's killing the Motor City.

The world is flat, at least as far as knowledge exchange is concerned. Knowledge, like migrants, doesn't travel very far.

An inside look at a failed attempt to become a member of a select group of people who did well on a test.