David Ricardo published "On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation" on April 19 1817. This is the work that described the principle of comparative advantage and thus explained to us all why ...

What with this magazine's update to the rich list there's a flurry of articles about Inditex and their major brand, Zara. And there's one little point in one of them that shows the power of an old ...

Mary Hall is a editor for Investopedia's Advisor Insights, in addition to being the editor of several books and doctoral papers. Mary received her bachelor's in English from Kent State University with ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is the author of A Random Walk Down Wall Street A shaky, temporary truce may have been declared in ...

Liam Lenten does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

For several years I have been tracking U.S. job losses and seeking to understand the causes. I have written enough columns about this subject to have caused angst among some inside-the-Beltway ...

Let’s say for now that the day comes when robots and artificial intelligence can outperform human beings at every conceivable job, from waxing floors to waxing eyebrows to waxing philosophical at a ...