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Wages have stagnated in the US. Here's why

Researchers have answered a big question about the decline of the middle class.

US millennials are more educated than young people in 1975, but they're earning less

The average millennial worker makes less than the average baby boomer did in 1975, when earnings are adjusted to modern dollars.

Think you know the cause of the US financial crisis? You could be wrong

A new working paper agues that subprime mortgages weren't the cause of the US financial crisis, explains Max Ehrenfreund.

This is how immigration will change Europe over the rest of this century

Annual net immigration into Europe is projected to increase steadily from current levels for another 20 years.

What impact do higher taxes have on inequality?

Evidence from the US on the relationship between taxation and inequality.

Could reducing the minimum wage help solve this economic crisis?

A controversial proposal to rescue Puerto Rico from an economic crisis would allow the territory’s leaders to slash the minimum wage for young workers.

A majority of millennials in the US now reject capitalism, poll shows

In an apparent rejection of the basic principles of the US economy, a new poll shows that most young people do not support capitalism.

What Americans really think about free trade

Research suggests that American opinion about free trade is strongly divided.

Poor or rich - who's better with money?

Researchers have assessed people's ability to perceive cost and price consistently and accurately.

How do economies recover after terrorist attacks?

Are major terrorist attacks becoming more common?

How income affects life expectancy