When asked how they identify their social class 54% of Americans said they belong to the middle class, according to one ...

The global economic system that took shape after World War II is being rapidly rewritten as President Donald Trump leans into ...

What makes for a good economic system? How do we fix flaws in the system like inequality? The winners of the most recent Nobel Prize in Economics attempted to answer these questions: James Robinson of ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

When the architecture of decision making shifts, the entire economic system shifts with it. Retail’s evolution over the past ...

In most of the countries we surveyed, there is widespread support for changing the economic system. In fact, in all but three nations, majorities say the economic system in their country needs major ...

“Systems change” has become a ubiquitous topic of interest for anyone serious about addressing our multiple social-environmental-economic-governance crises. Yet for all its ubiquity, the term tends to ...

Who stands to gain in today’s economic system, and who gets left behind? And could a grassroots community help flip that dynamic on its head, where more people benefit than just the wealthy and ...

This program area addresses the social and behavioral sciences—including anthropology, economics, political science, psychology, and sociology—to understand and address complex relationships among ...