A new book shows how the idea of a private sphere took shape over centuries ...

Yet the rise in China of open-source, which relies on transparency and decentralisation, is awkward for an authoritarian ...

President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, now working its way through Congress, permanently extends tax cuts ...

Against Free-Rider Problem Approaches. Born in 1933 in Los Angeles, Ostrom grew up during the Depression against the backdrop of a socially conservative America and worked as an economist until ...

In an attempt to retain subscribers, The Economist is also trying to help readers find stories more easily and quickly.

Any restraints on free enterprise push society towards socialism, he says. Even neoclassical economics, the framework that guides most economic policymaking, “ends up favouring socialism”.

From rising costs to shrinking investments, tariffs may hit American consumers and businesses where it hurts, today and long ...

Moreover, as America retreats, the world’s free-traders are stepping up. They are hoping to shape a fragmented trade order in a variety of ways, including initiatives at the WTO , regional ...

The Economist has made some significant changes to its app, including better navigation, a weekday and weekend content lineup ...

The ideal Islamic economy, it explains, is a “free market devoid of monopoly, deception” and other ills, in language that sounds more Adam Smith than al-Shafi’i. Many scholars argue that ...

Demand for alcohol-free drinks is not limited to Dry January. A growing number of health-conscious youngsters are going sober all year round. The share of Americans aged 18-34 who drink alcohol ...

I t is a common response among visitors to Israel, even before the war in Gaza. They see the “teeming cafés” and “cocktail bars” of Tel Aviv, as Ta-Nehisi Coates puts it, and, in the West ...