The new Real Estate, Placemaking, Geography of Work (REPGOW) collaborative brings together faculty from across the UMass ...

The Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa has said that a largely informal economy in the West African regional bloc is driving the human trafficking market, said to ...

The following is the Dec. 8, 2025, Congressional Research Service in focus report, Defense Primer: Geography, Strategy and ...

Strategic competition over the world’s next generation of foundational technologies is underway, and U.S. advantages in artificial intelligence, quantum, and biotechnology are increasingly contested.

With bipartisan congressional talks to end the U.S. government shutdown bogging down on Friday, the hit to the national economy is growing, experts said. "Even if there is a reopening of the ...

Why doesn't a rising tide raise all or most boats? That is: how does wealth manage to get "sequestered" with the wealthiest? [In theory], they don't put it in big money rooms like Scrooge McDuck: they ...

To understand how Americans are faring economically these days, it's helpful to consider the eleventh letter of the alphabet. Experts describe the current U.S. economy as "K-shaped," a reference to ...

I remember my professor of economic history David S. Landes often talking about Joel Mokyr, who won the Nobel Prize in economics earlier this month. They must have been good friends. Professor Landes ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Amid the recent success of the Los Angeles Dodgers and the $10 billion valuation and sale of the Los Angeles ...

If the government shutdown continues, millions of low-income Americans will lose out on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits on Nov. 1. Total federal SNAP funding amounts to about $100 ...

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -Argentina's economic activity growth likely slowed for a second consecutive month in August, a Reuters poll of analysts showed on Tuesday. According to the median forecast from ...

The markets have climbed higher despite continuing concerns around the shutdown, tariffs and inflation. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq have set records more than 30 times this year and other data suggest the ...