Topic: Economics

Adapting To New Economies

Darwin 200 Adapting to a New Economy An evolutionary perspective on economics can explain how we got into this current mess, and how we might find our way out. by Rob Mitchum • Posted February 12, 2009 08:00 ...READ»

(Econo)Misty-Eyed

John Kenneth Galbraith celebrates his 95th birthday today. Considered a reformer, Galbraith has been criticized for not fully subscribing to free-market economics.READ»

Room for Improvement...

The U.S. ranks only 45th out of 146 countries in the World Economic Forum's index of environmental sustainability for 2005.READ»

Regulatory Contagion?

I had the pleasure to be on a panel on Capitol Hill last Friday sponsored by the Advanced Communications Law and Policy Institute. The subject was whether the current financial crises and the likely push to rightly reregulate the ...READ»

Books That Matter: Mae Jemison

A book recommendation from Mae Jemison, of the Jemison Group.READ»

Which Poverty-Fighting Policies Work? J-PAL Has the Answer

A global league of economists called J-PAL is deploying its experimental methods and one all-powerful asset -- data -- to explain human behavior, change how we help the poor, and try to save the world.READ»

• J-Pal’s Most Provocative Inquiries

Prophet of Productivity

Cisco CEO John Chambers sure showed the chrome-domes in Davos a thing or two.READ»

Two Worlds, One Category

"I have made my world, and it is a much better world than I ever saw outside." -- Louise Nevelson Growing up in the wilds of Newton, Massachusetts, my hero was Tarzan. I admired his special relationship with animals, and hoped that I ...READ»

The Federal Open Market Committee

Do you know who to blame for those crazy-low CD returns? The 10 men and women of the FOMC -- five regional Fed presidents and five Fed governors -- will gather October 28 -- 29 in Washington, D.C., to set monetary policy and consider interest rates. READ»

• Now October 2008
• Numerology: National Boss Day
• Eat: World Fisheries Congress

Earth Inc.'s Annual Report

As a shareholder in this Planet, you might want to know how your company is doing.READ»

What Is the New Economics?

Yale economist Robert J. Shiller wrote the defining book on the Internet bubble. Now he's busy rewriting the laws of economics, where emotion and psychology dominate data and numbers. (And in his spare time, he's busy worrying about his own dotcom.)READ»

World Economic Forum Selects Dilithium for Technology Pioneer Award

Company recognized for developing and applying highly transformational and innovative technologies that bring video to any 2.5G/3G mobile phone, PCs and set top boxes.READ»

World Economic Forum Annual Meeting

Hello, home-court advantage! According to new data from the World Economic Forum, Switzerland -- which hosts the WEF's annual meeting -- has the most competitive economy in the world, besting the second-ranked United States, which had ...READ»

How an Economist's Cry for Ethical Capitalism was Heard

Not long ago, economist Noreena Hertz lived at the lefty margins of her field. But her (widely ignored) prediction of the credit crisis and her call for a more evolved form of capitalism have suddenly put her at the center of the universe.READ»

The Hollow Man

Peeling the layers on Alan Greenspan's real contribution to the economy.READ»

Welcome to Washington Watch - A New Fast Company Blog on Innovation and IT Policy

Hello and welcome to Washington Watch. I'm Rob Atkinson, President of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation in Washington, DC. We're excited to come aboard as Fast Company expert bloggers on the topic of innovation ...READ»

The Journal-ist: Matters of Perception

In this month's look at journals and academic reviews, studies on optimism in business, lucky execs, aesthetics in e-commerce, and smells and flavors online.READ»

The Creativity of Commitment stickK.com

It all began with two slightly overweight graduate economics students at MIT. Using the profit motive as the basis of a contract -- Dean Karlin promised to pay John Romalis $10,000 if he didn't lose 38 lbs by a certain date. ...READ»

The Creativity of Commitment stickK.com

It all began with two slightly overweight graduate economics students at MIT.  Using the profit motive as the basis of a contract -- Dean Karlin promised to pay John Romalis $10,000 if he didn't lose 38 lbs by a certain ...READ»

Three Possible Economic Models (Part II)

Life in three different economic futures: Resilience Economics, Just-in-Time Socialism, and Robonomics. Where do you want to live?READ»

The Creativity of Commitment stickK.com

It all began with two slightly overweight graduate economics students at MIT.  Using the profit motive as the basis of a contract -- Dean Karlin promised to pay John Romalis $10,000 if he didn't lose 38 lbs by a certain ...READ»

How to Become a Design Genius: Take Time Off. Lots of It.

Every seven years, the graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister takes a one-year sabbatical. As he argues, that's not so crazy.READ»

OneVoice at Davos

There's always the potential for drama, and for progress, when leaders confront the authentic voices of their people. That's what happened yesterday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, at a panel on the Middle East conflict ...READ»

Even More 1999 Than I Thought

In a post Monday, I described the over-the-top Google party at the World Economic Forum in Davos, and noted that Google would post fourth-quarter earnings after the closing bell Tuesday. Well, post they did—an 82% increase in ...READ»

Shawn Baldwin from CMG inside the 2009 Milken Institute Global Conference

Shawn Baldwin from CMG leaves Chicago for sunny Beverly Hills in LA to attend the 2009 Milken Institute's Global ConferenceREAD»