economy

Forty percent of Brazil’s homes lack access to any kind of sewer system. Public health workers are afraid to go to crime-ridden neighborhoods. Activists in the country’s poorest areas say both investment and mindsets have to change to tackle a public health crisis.

The “freelance economy” might not be so great after all. Author Steven Hill argues that companies like TaskRabbit and Uber are undermining the American middle class.

The children of ranking officials and wealthy businessmen have long found themselves on the wrong side of the law, but their connections typically get them off the hook.

The markets in China are tanking and the pain spread quickly to other parts of the global economy. But the bigger worry is what happens with the Chinese currency.

Argentina’s new president want to open his country to the world. Argentines have been there before. It didn’t end well.