To buy and sell obsidian, the Maya people used a market economy with far less oversight from their rulers that previously thought.

Understanding when, where and why fishing vessels sometimes turn off their transponders is a key step toward curbing illegal fishing and other crimes on the high seas.

Study suggests a robot levy — but only a modest one — could help combat the effects of automation on income inequality in the U.S.

The US government regulates many industries, but social media companies don’t neatly fit existing regulatory templates. Systems that deliver energy may be the closest analog.

Research shows doctors and their families are less likely to follow guidelines about medicine. Why do the medically well-informed comply less often?

Reducing food waste at home is an action that anyone can take to help slow climate change, often saving money in the process. More consumer education could help show people what to do.

We can be much better at exploiting finance and economics to tackle climate change.

With the US considering a digital currency, an expert explains how it could help consumers and businesses and concerns the idea raises.

New data suggest most of the growth in the wage gap since 1980 comes from automation displacing less-educated workers.

With a square and a circle, the father of ecological economics and a founding architect of sustainable development redrew our understanding of the economy. It was revolutionary.