The Equitable Economy

A future of business may be businesses owned by charities; they have a history of commercial success and social good. The following is an...

The Federal Trade Commission under Chair Andrew Ferguson has surprised many by continuing its predecessor’s emphasis on protecting labor markets. Randy Kim writes that while this is a welcome development, it will do little to help workers if President Donald Trump does not also continue his predecessor’s whole-of-government approach. Early indications suggest he will not.

Over the past four decades, the United States has seen rising market power, slowing productivity growth, and deepening wealth inequality. In new research, Giammario...

Sarah Haan writes that to understand American authoritarianism, it’s less useful to analyze the strategies of elected dictators around the globe than to look at how corporate leaders in the United States have rigged corporate democracy.

In new research, Jitendra Aswani and Roberto Rigobon find that investments raised on sustainable bond markets force firms to make material changes to corporate...

The following is an excerpt from Yoni Appelbaum’s new book, “STUCK: How the Privileged and the Propertied Broke the Engine of American Opportunity,” now out...

David J. Teece and Aurelien Portuese argue that short-term thinking in American corporate governance, antitrust, and regulation is hampering American innovation and success even as other countries invest in their firms to dominate frontier markets.

A new study by Zwetelina Iliewa, Elisabeth Kempf and Oliver G. Spalt finds that Americans often prioritize moral values over financial gains when evaluating...

In recent research, Jennifer Arlen and Lewis A. Kornhauser develop a new model to understand how countries should approach and balance corporate and individual...

Many asset managers have stopped offering funds supporting environmental, social, and governance (ESG) goals in the face of political backlash. In new research, Omar Vasquez Duque shows that much of this backlash is due to semantics and poor fund design, and that investors across the political spectrum are willing to take lower financial returns to support specific goals under the ESG label.