Why do we use words like “natural” in economics? Or what about the word “utility”? The answer can be traced all the way back to the 18th century. “It's really an encyclopedia,” said Matías Vernengo at ...

Rail and bus transit move through Portland, Ore. The urban planning tool Replica paints a detailed picture of how the transportation system is used in a metro region. In an age of data and disruption, ...

Fifty years ago, in 1968, Austrian (and Austrian school) economist Friedrich A. Hayek published a monograph called The Confusion of Language in Political Thought. Hayek argued that the words we use ...

The Communication and Language Skills Program is a collaboration between English Language Programs and the School of Business and Economics. The program offers language support for all students ...

Ariel Rubinstein is the Salzberg Chair professor of economics at Tel-Aviv University, where he has been teaching since 1990, and a professor of economics at Princeton University, where he has been ...

Language ideologies encompass the beliefs and attitudes communities hold about language and its social functions, while economic structures refer to the ways in which production, distribution and ...