Some people say that if you've made a few big decisions in your life, and you're generally pleased with the outcomes, then you can make economic decisions, too. What's the difference? From a certain ...

As Amsterdam plans for its post-coronavirus recovery, it’s also rethinking what economic success looks like. In doing so, it’s not looking at traditional financial metrics of how to determine when the ...

The ability to choose your job, start a business, own property, or decide how to spend your paycheck may seem natural to most Americans. Yet for billions around the world, the most basic economic ...

If Spain succeeds with implementing a universal basic income, it would be the first European country to do so over an extended time frame. The idea of a universal basic income has been touted since ...

A new study reveals that 60% of American households fail to earn enough to meet minimum living standards. Soaring costs of essentials and stagnating wages are widening the gap between income and ...

Mr. Lowenstein is the author of “Ways and Means: Lincoln and His Cabinet and the Financing of the Civil War.” In a speech on economic policy in Raleigh, N.C., this month, Kamala Harris uncorked a ...