The legislative power of the National Assembly, which must be respected to the fullest, has clear limitations. A law that ...

A business model is a textual or graphical representation of business methods, practices and structures. Enterprises use such models to illustrate and facilitate profit-earning activities. Many ...

One of three reasons compels people to come together: A leader's coercive power forces them to be part of one group, such as what occurs with prisoners. In another situation, money lures individuals ...

A Kurdish public strike is constitutional action by other means. In Iranian Kurdistan, it is not merely economic pressure. It ...

Economics is a field that exists between scientific objectivity and subjective interpretation. Suppose a policymaker is trying to decide whether a proposed new tax is a good idea. One economist might ...

Increasingly, companies are being encouraged by governments to engage in carbon accounting, but of course, only a small number of companies actually do. Even those probably count only 10% of their ...

Peter Gratton, Ph.D., is a New Orleans-based editor and professor with over 20 years of experience in investing, risk management, and public policy. Peter began covering markets at Multex (Reuters) ...