In the field of open-source software, we see a similar paradox. At a shallow level, many of us tend to treat the code itself and the distribution of that code as one and the same thing.

Ask most economists, and they’ll tell you that the American economy is going strong.The stock market has witnessed robust growth in recent years, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 12% ...

They reference the distribution of economic power. In descending order, the threats to democracy are 1) concentrated income and wealth, 2) corruption, and 3) corporate control over politics.

We classified individuals by economic status and focused on the lower middle and upper middle of the economic distribution. Outcome disparities between people in these two groups widened ...

One economic impact analysis suggests the investment could lead to $450 million and 3,605 jobs overall. But the investment may not have happened at all if the project was subject to the ...