The COVID-19 outbreak appears headed for the U.S., and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are urging Americans to prepare now, such as by stocking up on food and prescription drugs.

We hear a lot right now about tensions between different generations: baby-boomers versus millennials, for example.

Panic buying knows no borders. Shoppers in Australia, Japan, Hong Kong and the United States have caught toilet paper fever on the back of the COVID-19 coronavirus.

Slow internet connections or limited access from homes in rural areas can contribute to students falling behind academically, according to a new study

Price transparency is the wrong goal for the free-market health care structure we have in the U.S. Instead, consumers need to know not so much the price, but the costs of things.

A great deal of attention is being paid to the future of work and its impact on Canadians. Often missing from the discussion is the extent to which different workers will be included or excluded from the changing labour market.

Concerns over the spread of the novel coronavirus have translated into an economic slowdown.

2018 marked the 100th anniversary of the great influenza pandemic of 1918. Between 50 and 100 million people are thought to have died, representing as much as 5 percent of the world’s population. Half a billion people were infected.

A potential crisis simmers in the shadows: The global dependence on China for the production of pharmaceuticals and medical equipment.

One reason why people find it difficult to think about climate change and the future may be their understanding of human history.

Lately, many people have asked me, as an economist, a question I haven’t heard in years: Could a virus really send the global and U.S. economies into recession – or worse? Put more pertinently, will COVID-19 trigger an economic meltdown?

As the novel coronavirus pandemic continues to unfold, travel restrictions are being imposed around the world.

Paying back student loans is not an easy thing to do. One out of every 5 borrowers with outstanding student loan debt has fallen behind their payments.

A banking desert is an area without traditional financial institutions and services. They are common in rural areas because large financial institutions are reluctant to operate in less populated areas that are less profitable.

No one should have to beg for money to get the healthcare they need in the richest country on Earth.

There’s a degree of irony in the fact that Bombshell, the movie about the fall of Fox News boss and serial sexual harasser Roger Ailes, was awarded an Oscar for make-up and hairstyling. 

More than half of Australians over the age of 55 are open to downsizing, according to a new report based on a survey of 2,400 households.

If you thought workers’ hourly pay was finally rising, think again. At first glance, the latest data – which came out on Feb. 7 – look pretty good.

It’s hardly surprising that if a Democrat wins the White House, taxes on wealthy Americans and corporations will probably go up. How they’ll go up is the more interesting question.

As students start university, failure is probably the last thing they want to think about. But university failure is depressingly common.

What do we mean when we talk about “socialism”? Here are ten things about its theory, practice, and potential that you need to know.

As California contends with drought, wildfires and other impacts of climate change, a small yet passionate group of residents are attempting to lessen these effects and reduce the state’s carbon emissions.

Make no mistake, how we pay for healthcare in the US is broken for many individuals and for many communities. Like a tire with a slow leak, without immediate repair, the outlook for the largest industry in the US economy is bleak.