A team of Canadian researchers wanted to know if people who bought "green" products were nicer than other people.

Why are the old welfare states going broke? Because the payoffs to the past have become too great.

Will Obama be remembered as the guy who let the zombies loose on the US health care industry?

Professional system trader Art Collins shares his daily biases in the financial futures markets for March 23.

Worldwide, at the wholesale level, there's plenty of inflation.

While the new health care plan could have negative implications for business, for taxes, for the deficit, for interest rates and so on, the S&P 500 has gone straight up since its February 5 low.

Will the US muddle through what promises to be a period of below-trend growth and a long-term secular bear market?

Short-term trading is never only about analytics. It is also about systemic risk control.

James Mound reviews futures and commodities in his weekly report for the week of March 22.

All over the developed world, governments are getting a death grip on their economies, taking control of vital industries and increasing the state's share of GDP.