In a recent Gallup survey, respondents ranked different professions according to perceptions of honesty and ethical standards. Nurses hit...

There are many things that can give financial markets jitters, but only a few do so with clockwork regularity. The United States Federal...

Almost a full year into her first term, Governor Gina Raimondo has already taken ambitious steps toward her campaign promise to revamp...

Across the United States, autumn is a time of seasonal preparation: for colder weather in the North, hurricane season in the Southeast,...

Nevada requires emergency medical technicians to complete 26 days of training before obtaining a license — a pretty standard state...

As the economies of Europe plunge into chaos over plummeting oil prices and a certain recurring Greek tragedy, the heavily sanctioned...

By many accounts, 2014 was a year of unprecedented economic growth. In the second quarter of this year the GDP grew by 4.6 percent, in...

Art by Ben Berke If a win-win situation ever existed in politics, the Rhode Island governor’s race might be it. Both candidates —...

The recent protests by Argentina’s unions against inflation and crime barely scratch the surface of public discontent with Latin...

According to former Liberal Democratic Party minister Hakuo Yanagisawa, if Japan’s “baby making machines” stayed at home, they would...

In early October, “60 Minutes” aired a segment on the United States’ disability program. In many ways it was a “hatchet job,” as “The...

Brown Political Review’s Sarah Sachs sat down with Visiting Associate Professor of Economics Ahmed Rahman to discuss his research on...

Li Keqiang, Premier of the People’s Republic of China. “China’s economic growth is unsteady, unbalanced, uncoordinated, and...

Many months ago I wrote of Shinzo Abe’s ambitious new economic plan for Japan and the subsequent expansion of the monetary base with...

In Myanmar, change seems to be the new norm. Now officially known as the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, the Southeast Asian nation...

It was a little over five years ago that Shinzo Abe, Japan’s 90th Prime Minister, unceremoniously resigned his post amidst government...

Last week, Spain introduced an additional €40bn austerity policy in face continuing recession, unemployment, and violent separatist cries...

Marked ballot. Image obtained from Wikimedia Commons. Although the country as a whole has been devastated by the current economic...

Rhode Island is in rough economic shape. The state’s unemployment rate in August was 10.7%, second worst in the nation. The average...

Fortunately for President Obama, the claims of 7.2% as a make-it-or-break-it, election-deciding economic indicator are dubious at best....