LiveScience Topic:
Economy
The United States is mired in a financial fiasco unlike anything seen since the Great Depression. But how will it all shake out is anybody's guess. Meanwhile, the crisis has become global, with banking institutions around the world poised to fail. From Wall Street to Main Street, we look at the psychology, sociology and economics behind the news.
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Research suggests when people “love” the culture of their towns, economic prosperity follows.
Annual survey reveals stressed-out nation.
Find out how federal spending for scientific research and development been going up or down?
A market designer finds the best systems for everything from organ donation to high school assignments.
The inventions and discoveries of Nobel Prize winners often make huge contributions to society, but many of the laureates don't actually financially benefit from their discoveries.
Lost productivity drives cost of obesity.
From babies to sharks, the recession has affected the U.S. in some pretty peculiar ways.
Thanks to dismal employment prospects and modern stress, teenagers today have reason to angst.
Boasting the highest number of millionaires of any U.S. city, New York City should perhaps change its nickname from "The Big Apple" to "The Golden Apple."
Psychological disorders in childhood diminish people's ability to work and earn as adults, costing $2.1 trillion over the lifetimes of all affected Americans
The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged almost 1,000 points today amidst fears over Greece’s financial solvency. Lucky, the market recovered, but on some days in the past, stocks failed to rebound from similarly large drops.
Greed is universal drive shared by all mankind.
Greed evolved for a useful reason, and in some contexts, may even be good.
Young Americans are more like the adults of the early 1900s. They are living at home longer, are more financially insecure and take home lower wages.
News sources are hinting that the end of the recession may be near.
Chinese consumer demand study that analyzes consumer preferences and willingness-to-pay for select food safety attributes in pork.
Tough times make listeners prefer tough songs and tough artists. But healthy economies nurture cheesy pop.
When times are tough, men prefer women with larger waists and smaller eyes, research suggests.
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