Elizabeth Rhodes, the director of Sam Altman's basic income study, said the extra money gave recipients more time to be more entrepreneurial.
Andrew Ng, the founder of Google Brain and a professor at Stanford University, is optimistic about how AI will transform the labor market.
Extreme heat is taking a toll on the global economy and workers around the world. The Americas have seen a surge in occupational injuries since 2000.
Bankruptcies and aggressive price cuts have defined the freight recession. It may take more defaults to pull the industry out.
Dollar dominance is sticking around for at least the next few decades, one currency expert told Business Insider.
A boomer told BI he has helped his daughter and her husband pay for college and a home. He'd like to gift them more once their spending is in check.
In Sunday's edition of Insider Today, we're talking about Duolingo's mean marketing tactics, and investors' interest in generative AI returns.
The normal retirement age varies across the globe, but is 62 or younger in these nine countries, including Greece and Indonesia.
Disha Spath and her husband went from $750,000 in debt to an over $1 million net worth in a few years by embracing the FIRE movement.
Dee, 71, dealt with a wage gap for years. Now she has minimal savings, and wants a cheaper cost of living.
Rebecca Hill, 61, is an independent voter who supported Trump. But GOP lawsuits blocking the SAVE student-loan repayment plan made her to reconsider.
Former President Donald Trump spoke at a bitcoin conference in Nashville, where he told the crowd he would make cryptocurrency a priority if elected.
Workers will need to retrain or skill up to stay competitive in the job market in coming years, labor experts told BI.
The South's economic boom isn't happening everywhere in the region. Some Southern states are among the poorest in the nation.
Traffic congestion is back after a reprieve during the first months of the pandemic. But it looks different now.
Morgan Dalton moved from Los Angeles to Tulsa, Oklahoma. He applied for the Tulsa Remote program, getting $10,000 disbursed over a year.
North Korea's GDP grew 3.1% in real terms, snapping a three-year slump, the Bank of Korea reported.
"We think the Fed can be patient," Bank of America economists wrote in new research.
Huge AI investments are costing some workers their jobs as companies change their spending priorities.
Thailand plans to spend $13.7 billion giving cash handouts to 50 million people in a bid to stimulate its economy.
Russia's key interest rate already stands at 16% and analysts polled by Reuters expect the central bank to hike it up to 18% on Friday.
Women in China's working class get to retire at 50 and collect pension checks, but the country is realizing it can't sustain payments for long.
Some baby boomers are proactively passing down wealth, but a wealth manager says they should make sure their finances can pass a stress test first.
Making nearly $200,000 secretly working multiple remote jobs gave a millennial the confidence to start a business.
Jae Kim, 55, learned how important it was to prioritize time with his wife and two kids, given his commute from Alabama to South Carolina each week.
The SBA is increasing its maximum loan amount for climate-focused projects as part of the green lender initiative.
"Although it might already be too late to fend off a recession by cutting rates, dawdling now unnecessarily increases the risk," Bill Dudley wrote.
US real GDP blew past expectations in this year's second quarter. It rose 2.8% compared with a forecast of 2%.
Rita, 68, lives in Pekin, Illinois on $1,680 a month in Social Security. Without savings, she struggles to afford basic necessities.
The battle to rack up credit-card rewards is turning friends against each other.
ApartmentAdvisor analyzed nearly 100 US cities to find the most renter-friendly ones based on several metrics.
Kate M. moved from San Diego to Salt Lake City due to high living and childcare costs, but she misses California's weather and cultural diversity.
Alan Pedrick, 41, is worried he'll have to cut back on his kids' after-school programs if the SAVE student-loan repayment plan never goes into effect.
A Lyft driver in Florida said he focuses on scheduled rides as well as driving larger groups of people in order to maximize his earnings.
Immigration could help the economy grow another $7 trillion over the next decade, the CBO estimated.
"When taking a closer look at the signals, it becomes clear that everything is not as rosy with the Russian economy as Moscow would have us believe."
A boomer plans on moving back to the US when he retires because of Medicare benefits.
A millennial has been looking for a job since 2020 but can't get hired. He says his college degrees haven't helped him.
On average, wages have outpaced inflation since the pandemic, but even with those gains, plenty of people miss the "good old days" of lower prices.
Carole Cole, 70, loves her retirement freedom and financial stability. She went to Virginia for a mojito recently.
David Lubin, a senior research fellow of global economy and finance at Chatham House, said the plenum was "long on slogans and short on substance."
An obscure building code is ruining apartments and stopping new ones from getting built. The answer? Fewer stairs.
Three of five Americans surveyed by Affirm say the US is in a recession. On average, most think it started 15 months ago.
A New Hampshire-based couple wants to retire by age 35 and become full-time parents. A house-hacking strategy could make this possible.
The Fed is most likely cutting rates once in September, Vanguard predicted. Markets are still anticipating steeper cuts this year.
Jeanie Y. Chang, a workplace mental health expert, said one of the most toxic traits of a company is to give contradicting messages.
Some customers are fed up with expectations around tipping: "If I have to stand up to order my food or to buy my product, you're not getting a tip."