Economics

There's cause for optimism in the latest report on world happiness. Benevolence is about 25% higher than it was pre-pandemic and life evaluations from 2020 to 2022 have been "remarkably resilient," the report says.

Why beauty bias financially hurts all women.

If women don’t conform to beauty expectations, they’re paid less.

Count down to the next Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) rate hike with the CME FedWatch Tool, based on the Fed Funds target rate. View the tool.

Major League Soccer (MLS) has entered into a new multi-year agreement that names Ticketmaster as the League’s Official Ticketing Partner. In a move aimed at

Although the need for space was high during 2020 and 2021, apartments in 2022 saw the largest decrease in size in the last 10 years.

Earlier surveys found 23% of Disney+ subscribers would change their subscription if prices increased 38%, but only 6% actually did. Why do people behave differently than how they say they would?

Subscribers to Walt Disney’s flagship Disney+ streaming service barely blinked at a 38% price increase that the company imposed in December as part of its launch of an ad-supported streaming product.

The thrash metallers have secured their own supply of the high-value format, which is enjoying a 16th consecutive year of growth, ahead of the release of a new album

Subscribers to Walt Disney’s flagship Disney+ streaming service barely blinked at a 38% price increase that the company imposed in December as part of its launch of an ad-supported streaming product.

The US is fighting a modern pandemic with a 1990s-sized workforce.

On this week's episode of Idea Generation, Scooter Braun takes us on a journey from his days as a college dropout and party promoter in Atlanta, to becoming one of the most successful music executives on the planet. The former manager of Justin Bieber and Asher Roth, Braun explains his part in acquiring Big Machine Records, and how he later sold his own company for $1 billion. In the process, Braun built one of the most impressive resumes in music. #ScooterBraun #IdeaGeneration #Business -------- Like this video? Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/Bloomberg?sub_confirmation=1 Become a Quicktake Member for exclusive perks: http://www.youtube.com/bloomberg/join Bloomberg Originals offers bold takes for curious minds on today’s biggest topics. Hosted by experts covering stories you haven’t seen and viewpoints you haven’t heard, you’ll discover cinematic, data-led shows that investigate the intersection of business and culture. Exploring every angle of climate change, technology, finance, sports and beyond, Bloomberg Originals is business as you’ve never seen it. Subscribe for business news, but not as you've known it: exclusive interviews, fascinating profiles, data-driven analysis, and the latest in tech innovation from around the world. Visit our partner channel Bloomberg Quicktake for global news and insight in an instant.

The frontman said that artists had no way to limit the ticketing giant’s fees but his band had declined to participate in the ‘greedy scam’ of dynamic pricing

The Frenchie was the most-registered dog in 2022, according to the American Kennel Club.

Travel through time and discover the ways in which we listen to music has changed

According to the RIAA, Revenues from streaming music grew 26% to $5.9 billion in the first half of 2021, accounting for 84% of total music revenues for the period and a 4% climb from 2019 levels. Dr Rick Hendrix comments on the growth of streaming.

A brief timeline of key breakthroughs in recorded sound

Music is as old as time, but we’ve come a long way since drums and wooden flutes. As technology has grown, music production and consumption has seen

In 2022, women earned an average of 82% of what men earned, according to a new analysis of median hourly earnings of full- and part-time workers.

There are more than one equal pay day to denote the day that women of color must work until before their wages catch up with men's.

Millions of people opted out of the labor force during the pandemic, and the Federal Reserve's most recent update on the economy explains why. Today, we hear from people who made that decision to leave the workforce.For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.

There is no $75,000 income happiness threshold, psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Matthew Killingsworth say. For most in the U.S. earning up to $500,000, more money can bring greater satisfaction.

Jerome Powell’s plan became as outdated as Mason jar decor.

Three years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, remote and hybrid work are as popular as ever. Only 6 percent of employees able to do their jobs remotely …

Vinyl made up a total of 70% of physical music sales in 2022, bringing in $1.2 billion in revenue, per the Recording Industry Association of America.

Hawkish comments by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell helped push a closely watched part of the U.S. Treasury yield curve to its deepest inversion since 1981 on Tuesday, once again putting a spotlight on what many investors consider a time-honored recession signal.

CNBC Marathon explores why American workers’ budgets feel so stretched.The middle class was once a symbol of the American dream. It meant financial security ...