At the Stanford China Economic Forum, Stanford scholars and international business leaders including Jonathan Levin, Jerry Yang and Neil Shen examined the benefits of China and U.S. collaboration.
Economic development plans often overlook a crucial detail – ecosystems that provide essential services to people. Stanford experts discuss a new sustainable development approach that balances the needs of people and nature.
A new report by Stanford scholars lays out the problems U.S. millennials face as a result of decades-long rising inequality. Problems they experience include rising mortality rates and increased poverty among those without college degrees.
When progressive candidates talk about how their policies are aligned with values commonly associated with conservative ideals – as opposed to liberal ones – they receive greater support from conservatives and moderates.
Rooftop solar projects at schools could reduce harmful air pollution, help the environment and enhance student learning while cutting electricity costs, a new study finds.
The gap between the economic output of the world’s richest and poorest countries is 25 percent larger today than it would have been without global warming.
This year’s Tanner Lectures on Human Values will feature Princeton University economists Anne Case and Nobel laureate Angus Deaton. The two will discuss the growing health epidemics caused by rising inequality in the United States.
In warmer temperatures suicide rates increase, leading to concerns about an uptick in suicides as the globe continues to warm. But researchers offer some hope if greenhouse gases get under control.
The sweeping plan to overhaul transportation, energy and other sectors failed a recent U.S. Senate vote, but remains a political lightning rod. Stanford experts discuss the science behind the politics.
Why inequality exists, financial markets crash, polarization arises and health epidemics spread can be explained by a powerful social structure: the human network.
A new Stanford study tackles the issue of health inequality and examines the benefits of having access to informal health expertise by having a medical professional in the family.
High-tide flooding resulting from climate change is already disrupting the economy of Annapolis, Maryland. As sea levels rise, the impacts are expected to get worse for coastal communities.
When some people want to engage in economic activity that others seek to ban, society faces tough choices in designing the right market incentives — or disincentives.
Timothy Josling, a professor emeritus at the former Food Research Institute known for his encyclopedic knowledge of international agricultural policy, died on Nov. 27.
Everything you purchase — from transportation to entertainment to groceries — will soon come with a monthly plan, says one expert. The subscription model is a booming field.
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.
