"In effect...there are now two ways for shareholders to urge companies to move toward more 'stakeholder aware' practices."

Historical discrimination in housing and the mortgage market continues to affect homebuyers of color today...

"For aircraft...and many other products and services, governments rely mainly on companies to police themselves..."

“The case turned Microsoft into a more cautious company....I expect the same is already happening with Facebook...”

Prof. Kristin Forbes...talks about Joe Biden's stimulus proposal and Federal Reserve policy.

...synthetic biology...is best placed for the “great invention” status that comes from improving the material conditions of billions of lives.

“Good” automation generates large productivity increases [and] leads to the creation of many new tasks (and therefore jobs) for humans.

Lately [Gary Gensler] has been schooling himself on digital currencies...that have become an important part of the S.E.C.’s regulatory mandate.

Sinan Aral...discusses how the signs of violence could be seen in social media well before the riot.

Gensler has been a leader and adviser of Biden’s transition team responsible for the Federal Reserve, banking issues and securities regulation.