Desperate times call for disparate expressions. From the ashes of economic disappointment and disaster rise up novel ways of reasserting old truths. Watch CNBC or catch the financial news on NPR these ...

Rail and bus transit move through Portland, Ore. The urban planning tool Replica paints a detailed picture of how the transportation system is used in a metro region. In an age of data and disruption, ...

Fifty years ago, in 1968, Austrian (and Austrian school) economist Friedrich A. Hayek published a monograph called The Confusion of Language in Political Thought. Hayek argued that the words we use ...

Economic history is increasingly able to provide us with evidence and inform pressing questions at the intersection of research and real-world decision-making. This column uses natural language ...

A new University of Massachusetts Amherst study delivers clear evidence of how large language models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT, are reshaping the landscape of academic research. It applies a new ...

I dreaded writing this endpaper. As an editor on FM over the past two years, editing endpapers was always my favorite job. I loved getting glimpses into the lives of my fellow writers, and helping ...

To celebrate April Fools’ Day I’ve tried to have some fun in this newsletter, including in the choice of reader mail and the quote of the day. Everything’s true, though — no fooling. I’m fascinated by ...

“Dating back to our founding, FOE has spoken to the needs of the planet and its people, not to the needs of politicians for compromise. I am absolutely committed to that mission.” —Erich Pica What ...

The Communication and Language Skills Program is a collaboration between English Language Programs and the School of Business and Economics. The program offers language support for all students ...

European countries admitted more than a million migrants from North Africa and the Middle East in 2015, primarily from the conflicts in Syria and Iraq. Some are refugees fleeing civil war, ...