In our federalist nation, regulation in 50 capitals makes a huge difference.

A brutal day for markets around the world added to the pain of last week’s market turmoil, with the S&P 500 index nearing a bear market.

Virginia Tech professor and poet, Nikki Giovanni, has died at the age of 81.

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It’s impossible to think about economic growth without also thinking about cities’ vital role in connecting the world

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Policy discussions around online anonymity have intensified in academic and professional communities. While anonymity facilitates free expression, it also liberates offensive conduct. This column identifies links between the Economics Job Market Rumors forum and patterns of user behaviour. Initially created to support job-market candidates in economics, the site has become a platform for sexist, racist, and defamatory posts, raising questions about the balance between protecting free speech, addressing the harms associated with anonymous online behaviour, and efforts to make economics a safer and more welcoming discipline.

For generations, scholars argued that white women were rarely involved in the active buying and selling of Black people. A growing body of research says otherwise.

Do reductions in arrests increase crime? We study line-of-duty deaths of police officers, events that likely impact police behavior through increased fear but a