This paper quantifies the environmental externalities associated with electricity consumption by data centers in the United States, focusing on damages from local air pollution and greenhouse gas (GHG ...

A 2014 academic paper, which reportedly proposed the sugar tax for South Africa, said a 20% tax is “projected to reduce ...

FOR MORE than a decade the assertion by venture capitalist Marc Andreessen that “software is eating the world” captured the logic of economic power. Digital platforms reshaped industries, software ...

U.S. economic growth slowed sharply at the end of last year, weighed down by a record-long government shutdown and cooler consumer spending. U.S. gross domestic product—the value of all goods and ...

To some, METR’s “time horizon plot” indicates that AI utopia—or apocalypse—is close at hand. The truth is more complicated. MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy ...

The world cracks and hurts under money. Financial crisis concepts. Last week, powerful politicians and business leaders gathered in Davos, promising to “unlock new sources of growth” to solve the ...

Dollar symbol on screen of Artificial Intelligence chatbot assistant on green background. Finance and economy concept. 3d rendering. Dollar symbol on screen of Artificial Intelligence chatbot ...

Economic cycles feature expansion, peak, contraction, and trough stages. Investors adjust strategies based on the current economic phase. Government tools like interest rates help manage these cycles.

The United States announced new, higher tariff rates this year. Tariffs can affect supply chains, investment, and firms’ input costs, resulting in supply-side effects such as higher inflation and ...

Prize showcases work on factors that underpin economic growth Winners are professors at U.S., French and British universities Aghion wants Europe to learn from U.S. and China Howitt questions Trump's ...

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the prize for showing how “society must keep an eye on the factors that generate and sustain economic growth,” an award committee member said. By Eshe ...

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the Nobel memorial prize in economics Monday for their research into the impact of innovation on economic growth and how new technologies replace older ...