Shaw Beckett

Taylor Swift tickets at $5,000, Beyoncé tours selling out in seconds. The live music economy is broken, and artists and fans are both losing.

It's not just nostalgia, there's cold, hard business logic behind why studios keep reaching into the past instead of creating new stories.

For the first time in recorded history, the majority of the world's population lives in countries where the birth rate is below replacement level.

Facing the world's oldest population and lowest birth rate, Japan is testing everything from robot caregivers to cash incentives for babies.

While Netflix and Disney battle it out, Criterion Channel and other niche streamers are proving there's profit in serving super-fans.

While Congress stalls, Republican governors in Florida and Texas are quietly implementing aggressive climate adaptation policies, and the reasons are purely economic.

After the streaming wars threatened to drown us in content, prestige TV is back, and the quality has never been higher.

Private equity firms control everything from your veterinarian to your favorite restaurant chain. Here's how they work and why it matters.

Houston reduced homelessness by 60% using a simple strategy that breaks all the conventional rules, and other cities are taking notes.

Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Oman are transforming from oil economies to tourist destinations, and Western travelers are actually showing up.

Section 230 protected the internet for 25 years, but the Supreme Court might be about to gut it, and everyone online should care.

For the first time ever, international players outnumber Americans on opening-night NBA rosters, and five of the league's top 10 are from Europe.