What a high-school econ class, a mine shaft and years in Japan taught me about business value

It's the kind of work that doesn't follow the usual startup script. Most founders are taught to focus on speed, raise money, and scale fast before hitting the next milestone. But when you're committed ...

What is Claude? Everything you need to know about Anthropic's AI powerhouse

Anthropic Claude is one of the biggest chatbots in the world. Here's everything you need to know about Claude 4 and earlier ...
Calvin University

Class project sharpens soft skills and creates sustainable path for the city of Grand Rapids

In early September, a senior mechanical engineering class at Calvin University was asked this question: “What would it take ...
Communications of the ACM

Writing Good Definitions Comes Down to One Basic Rule

Viewed this way, a definition is a decision mechanism. It distinguishes some elements of the universe from the others. Hence ...
Wall Street Journal

The Middle Class Is Buckling Under Almost Five Years of Persistent Inflation

America’s middle class is weary. After nearly five years of high prices, many middle-class earners thought life would be more affordable by now. Costs for goods and services are 25% above where they ...
Bloomberg L.P.

The American Middle Class Is Shrinking, and That’s OK

Allison Schrager is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering economics. A senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, she is author of “An Economist Walks Into a Brothel: And Other Unexpected Places to ...