Economics

A market for selling "whale shares" could aid conservation, but some experts are skeptical

Sigmar Gabriel to lead ambitious shift to renewable power

Preliminary results bode ill for future efforts to use ballot box to require labeling

Three economists probed the mechanisms underlying investment markets

Study predicts big benefits of slowing senescence—but expects hefty costs as well

Monetary systems may have made urban societies possible by encouraging trade

Researchers develop way to turn inedible plants into food

Industry's decline comes from within, not from government regulations, argues new analysis