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

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 ...

Every day, billions of dollars flow through crypto systems—used to pay remote workers, settle international trades and back online commerce. This is no longer an experimental playground for tech ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Autonomous economic agents are software agents that act on behalf of their owners with limited or no interference, specifically focused on generating economic value. These agents operate independently ...

Executive Summary Strategic competition over the world’s next generation of foundational technologies is underway, and U.S.