While retirement and recordkeeping firms manage more than $40 trillion in assets, representing almost one-third of U.S. household financial wealth, a troubling disconnect persists: participant ...

Behavioral science has influenced and shaped policies and business practices for years. For its insights to be more effective ...

Pig butchering scams—which involve building an intimate relationship, establishing trust, and manipulating the victim into ...

The Donald M. Ephraim Lecture on Law and Economics, featuring Professor Jacob Goldin, kicked off the Law School’s 2024-2025 Named Lecture Series in early October, drawing a fully packed auditorium of ...

Discover the differences between skilled and unskilled labor, their training processes, wage implications, and the future of skilled jobs in our changing economy.

The U.S. manufacturing industry shed more workers in August despite policies from President Donald Trump’s administration aimed at bolstering the sector. The United States lost 12,000 manufacturing ...

Economist Matthias Doepke once believed the U.S. was the pinnacle of academia: open, diverse, global. He immigrated to Chicago from Germany to pursue his doctorate, and most of his classmates were ...

Megan Cerullo is a New York-based reporter for CBS MoneyWatch covering small business, workplace, health care, consumer spending and personal finance topics. She regularly appears on CBS News 24/7 to ...

Discover how behavioral economics blends insights from psychology and economics to explain why people often make irrational financial decisions. This clear and engaging video breaks down key concepts ...

We were all taught to be kind to our fellow humans. We all believe that kindness is a net positive for society as a whole. But as we go through life, we realize that there is a considerable gap ...

In a conversation with The Regulatory Review, physician–economist Kevin Volpp discusses how behavioral economics can inform the design of interventions to promote healthier decision-making and improve ...