Why are some parts of the world rich and getting richer? Why are some nations mired in poverty? And what explains the differences in prosperity among states and regions in the United States?

In 2007, Arizona's economy will continue to expand even as the state begins to face the consequences of the 2004-2005 housing frenzy.

Clashing cultural cues – rather than discriminatory doctors – could cause at least part of the medical care gap between black and white Americans, according to a recent study of patient adherence by Jonathan D.

As China's economy grows and stringent travel restrictions are relaxed, urban middle- to upper-class Chinese are increasing looking beyond their borders for travel. While a staggering 31 million Chinese traveled abroad in 2005, only 100,000 visited the United States.

Nobel Prize-winning economist Lawrence Klein was one of the first Western scholars to establish close ties with China's economic policymakers.

In tomorrow's economy, "jobs will go to the best-educated work force, where there is a strong IT infrastructure, innovation and a supportive government," says John Chambers, the dynamic CEO of Cisco Systems Inc.

Economic development today is all about quality jobs. But how does a community know if it is succeeding? Until now, job quality has been measured indirectly or through a simplistic method that produced somewhat misleading (and often conflicting) results. The L.

China's economy has made huge strides since Deng Xiaoping commenced market reforms in 1979. Edward C.

Witnessing the arrest of a man buying a ticket outside a World Series game angered Stephen Happel enough to spur him to begin researching the common (though often illegal) phenomenon of secondary markets for event tickets.

Philadelphia and Phoenix have nothing in common — or do they? Robert E. Mittelstaedt, dean of the W. P. Carey School of Business, draws on his years as an engaged Philadelphian to analyze the growing pains of his new home in the desert.