Chicago Booth is an American business school with a global reach. Our Executive MBA Program in Hong Kong provides many opportunities for the exchange of ideas among students, faculty, alumni, and the ...

After taking the time to craft and submit an application that puts your best candidacy forward, our admissions team begins the process of reviewing materials submitted by our latest pool of applicants ...

The introduction of the price tag was a big step forward for American retailing, and you can thank John Wanamaker. In the 1870s, Wanamaker purchased a former Philadelphia railroad depot and expanded ...

Looking for insights to make your work more meaningful, even during uncertain times? Join us for the next CareerCast from Chicago Booth—“How’s Work: From the Mundane to the Meaningful in Challenging ...

A 70-year-old woman goes to the pharmacy to pick up medication for her arthritis. How much should that cost her? Maybe $5 for the prescription? Or $20? Or should it be free? There’s surely a lot going ...

Since the Great Recession, America’s wealthiest 1 percent have been demonized as fat cats who have grown ever richer while the middle class has stagnated. While protesters have called for the 1 ...

Crypto enthusiasts used to have a catchphrase in response to the doubters: “Have fun staying poor.” Their message: Go ahead, invest in your boring stocks and bonds while we get rich with Bitcoin, ...

While politics in the United States has become polarized, Americans may hold less extreme views than many people realize. Political scientists describe a “purple America,” a large moderate middle ...

Walk down the aisles of any US convenience store and you could easily feel assailed by rows of similar—yet different—products competing for attention. Bags of Tostitos Scoops! tortilla chips share ...

During the fierce congressional debates that led to the passage of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, advocates and opponents of the proposal agreed on one thing: The once-in-a-generation bill, under the ...

Today’s inflation is transitory, our central bankers assure us. It will go away on its own. But what if it does not? Central banks will have “the tools” to deal with inflation, they tell us. But just ...

In December, the US Supreme Court began hearing oral arguments in Moore v. United States. The case specifically involves the “mandatory repatriation tax,” a one-time tax levied as part of the 2017 Tax ...