DealBook: A Special Section

Industry leaders at the conference were asked about what’s next for artificial intelligence, the economy, health care and more.

By The New York Times

Groundbreakers at the conference were asked what’s coming next for the brain, climate, medicine, labor, security and business.

By The New York Times

Industry leaders said the goal of sustainability wouldn’t happen without changes to the business model and more efforts to educate consumers.

By Christine Muhlke

Recent years have demanded that C.E.O.s accept uncertainty. Some have taken that to extremes.

By Emma Goldberg

In challenging times, choosing the direction of a company can be a lot like shifting pieces of a puzzle — with sometimes staggering consequences.

By Andrew Ross Sorkin

A DealBook task force debated where and how the film, television and theater industries can make money from their productions.

By Paul Sullivan

China’s zero-Covid policy has weighed heavily on the high-end market in 2022. In the wake of recent protests, is a recovery in sight?

By Elizabeth Paton

For a DealBook task force, a lack of trust, political polarization and a troubled business model are among the news industry’s challenges.

By Saskia Miller

As a business and a cultural pursuit, Hollywood is in a state of chaos that has been growing year by year.

By A.O. Scott

Business leaders said the tumult of recent years had made it more important than ever to share with employees and the public. But how much, and when?

By Alina Tugend

Business and policy leaders from around the world joined us at our annual event. Here’s what happened.

By Andrew Ross Sorkin, Ravi Mattu, Bernhard Warner, Sarah Kessler, Stephen Gandel, Michael J. de la Merced, Lauren Hirsch and Ephrat Livni

Crypto, the economy, China, streaming wars, Elon Musk and other big topics dominated this year’s DealBook Summit.

By Andrew Ross Sorkin, Ravi Mattu, Bernhard Warner, Stephen Gandel, Sarah Kessler, Lauren Hirsch and Ephrat Livni

Looking at demographic data can help us assess the opportunities and challenges of the coming decades.

By Andrew Ross Sorkin

Global cropland has the potential to sequester as much as 570 million metric tons of carbon per year. New projects that pay farmers to adopt climate-friendly practices could help.

By Elizabeth G. Dunn

After embracing flexible work styles during the pandemic, some companies are now embracing a shorter week.

By Kevin J. Delaney

The rising gender gap in college education — currently three women for every two men — might turn out to be one of the most transformative trends of our time.

By Justin Wolfers

“The New Map of Life” reimagines education, careers, cities and life transitions for lives that span a century (or more).

By Corinne Purtill

Major brands and chief executives have become increasingly entangled in social and political debates. Is more to come?

By David Gelles

Thomas Buberl, the chief executive of the French insurance company AXA, wants the industry to stop covering mines and plants.

By Lauren Hirsch

Crypto fans have argued that code can be a better arbitrator than traditional regulators.

By Ephrat Livni

Futurology has long been a risky business.

By John Herrman

At last week’s DealBook conference in New York, policy experts discussed the relationship between China and the United States. The diplomacy has become more aggressive — a change some experts applaud and others fear.

By Liz Moyer

Business leaders who gathered in New York were largely in favor of more regulation to ensure that technology companies are working for users.

By Alina Tugend

A task force at the DealBook conference addressed the role of corporate America in tackling this divisive issue.

By Liz Robbins

At the annual DealBook conference in New York, leaders at the “Groundbreakers Lunch” discussed the appropriate role of business in shaping policy and driving social change.

By The New York Times

The words “trust” and “responsibility” were peppered throughout more than a dozen conversations at The New York Times’s DealBook conference.

By Andrew Ross Sorkin

Once ambivalent about her ambition, Ms. Paltrow, who founded her lifestyle-and-wellness company in 2008, says she now embraces it.

By David Yaffe-Bellany

The former secretary of state opens up about the current political climate, and says she is a fundamentally optimistic person.

By The New York Times

On the list: meeting a scientist working on solving malnutrition, keeping up with his children on technology and being friends with Warren Buffett.

By The New York Times

He reflects on his company’s handling of two crashes that killed 346 people.

By Natalie Kitroeff

Brian Chesky, the chief executive, said Airbnb would undertake a series of initiatives to instill “peace of mind” after five people died on Halloween night.

By David Yaffe-Bellany

More companies are streaming, but Reed Hastings says he expects to learn the most from one: Disney.

By Edmund Lee

The chief executives for Johnson & Johnson and IBM said businesses had a responsibility to both employees and customers.

By Tiffany Hsu and Steve Lohr

The company has gone through a difficult period, but just posted financial results that exceeded Wall Street’s expectations.

By Davey Alba

Makan Delrahim, Kevin Systrom and Bill Gates weighed in on antitrust issues.

By Steve Lohr

At the DealBook DC Strategy Forum a group of leaders in business, politics and academia gathered to try to solve problems from student debt to carbon emissions. Here are their recommendations.

By The New York Times

Making money should not be companies’ only goal, Business Roundtable argued recently. There are those who disagree.

By Andrew Ross Sorkin

“You can’t cut your way to prosperity. You have to grow your way, and we’ve grown revenues now.”

By The New York Times

“Until you acknowledge the problems, you can’t solve them,” Brad Smith said. “And nobody is going to believe you’re trying.”

By The New York Times

Andrew Ross Sorkin hosts newsmakers from the worlds of business and policy at an event in Washington on Sept. 12. Watch it here, live.

By The New York Times

Workplace inclusion and the ethics surrounding artificial intelligence were the focus of two task forces at last week’s DealBook conference. The issues share surprising similarities.

By Alina Tugend

At last week’s DealBook conference, companies and executives agreed that corporations can no longer operate without considering their larger societal impact.

By Andrew Ross Sorkin

Contractors like Uber drivers can’t receive stock in private companies. But that could soon change, in a move supported by tech companies.

By David Gelles

Before a session at the DealBook conference last week, leaders answered one of three questions about their careers.

Slowly and unsteadily, the mysterious blockchain is emerging from the shadows and making its way into a still murky future. Don’t count it out.

By Andrew Ross Sorkin

Even asking the people who work with blockchains to define the technology, you are likely to get a stuttering response.

By Nathaniel Popper

Knowing how to speak cryptoslang will help you sound like an insider and maybe get you in the door.

By Nellie Bowles

Companies in a variety of fields, such as health care, government, food and supply chains, have begun exploring the technology.

By Laura Shin

In 2017, more than 200 government entities, including the Department of Homeland Security, were exploring the use of blockchains.

By Adrianne Jeffries

The first retailer to accept payment with Bitcoin looks to move full force into the world of the blockchain, hoping to unlock the mysterious technology.

By Ellen Rosen

A look at some of the people who have helped shape the cryptocurrency landscape.

By Nathaniel Popper

Companies and governments have invested billions in blockchain projects, but none of them have proven themselves to be ready for the mainstream yet.

By Nathaniel Popper

If institutional money managers decide to commit a fraction of their capital to a portfolio of cryptocurrencies, they might double the size of the sector.

By Omid Malekan

Initial coin offerings are raising billions for cryptocurrency start-ups, like the Russia messaging service Telegram, which raised nearly $2 billion.

By Michael J. de la Merced

The federal government has a say and so do more than 50 states and territories. As one expert says, “It’s unorganized and incredibly complicated.”

By Laura Shin

While the United States lags, Switzerland, Singapore and Britain have become leaders in setting guidelines.

By Laura Shin

When the original blockchain arrived in 2009, it was a ledger for Bitcoins. Now the databases have spread to many companies and governments.

By Nathaniel Popper and Guilbert Gates

Worries about the future of work amid automation and a shortage of decent-paying jobs are spurring interest in so-called Universal Basic Income.

By Peter S. Goodman

The notion that corporations can and should do social good is a hot topic of conversation these days, but the concept has a long, if uneven, history.

By Tanya Mohn

Coins and paper currency remain the most popular ways to pay in most countries. But longer term, cash appears to be locked in a losing battle with electronic payment methods.

By Nathaniel Popper, Guilbert Gates and Sarah Almukhtar