Technology in the form of XBRL could helpin the future to level the playing field between large and small firms in the competition for capital.

While markets are again correctly obsessing over Italy and Spain’s poor economic growth prospects, as reflected in markedly higher government bond yields for those two countries, they seem to have taken their eye off two upcoming political events that could usher in a new and more serious phase of the...

This paper explores important areas of the SEC ' s jurisdiction where attention to its statutory obligations would produce more balanced policies in the future .

Allowing foreign buyers of goods produced by international cartels to pursue civil antitrust damages in U.S. courts would deter cartel formation and price-fixing.

The American economy is experiencing a crisis in long-term unemployment that has enormous human and economic costs.

Patients who take a close look at medical science in search of treatments are often appalled by what they discover. On the one hand, there's academic research, a self-contained and self-absorbed universe of its own where data may be internally consistent (on a good day) and robustly reproducible, yet often has little relevance to real-world clinical conditions.

Al Armendariz, the top Environmental Protection Agency official in the oil-rich Southwest region, resigned from his post, effective Monday. It’s the latest twist in the never-ending and increasingly ugly fracking fracas. A two-year old video had surfaced last week (and since pulled) featuring Armendariz comparing his “philosophy of enforcement” to...

The Byzantine Empire’s long run — 1,100 years — may seem remote from the 21st century, but a reading of its history offers at least three timeless lessons.