A trade war between the U.S., China and Europe could lead to a recession, says economist Russ Roberts of the Hoover Institution. It is normal for trade flows to be uneven in the global marketplace.
Stanford historian Jennifer Burns said that while political challenges exist to implement a “universal basic income,” this type of measure would protect workers and families against the fluidity of today’s workplace and employment worlds.
Fishers who complied with a moratorium in the Adriatic Sea maintained catch levels by fishing in other areas. The findings help justify extending regional protection and provide insight for ocean management elsewhere.
At this year's Design for Extreme Affordability expo, students including Julia Osterman present their team projects aimed at fixing real-world problems for the poorest of the poor.
This summer, graduate student Cody Evans is exploring low-income areas targeted by a new federal program for economic investment to learn what it takes for these areas to succeed in the program.
The federal government rescinded the Obama-era National Ocean Policy and replaced it with new policies intended to promote jobs and national security. Stanford experts examine potential unintended implications.
Stanford scientists found that the global economy is likely to benefit from ambitious global warming limits agreed to in the United Nations Paris Agreement.
Priya Satia, a professor of modern British history, found evidence that war and Great Britain’s gun industry played a more important role in fueling the 18th-century Industrial Revolution than scholars have previously thought.
A new study by a pair of Stanford scholars indicates that losing a loved one during pregnancy may actually impact the mental health of the child as he or she grows into adulthood.
