Dash Wasserman

In Egypt's capital, good affordable housing isn't just a concern -- It's a demand. While Cairo's swelling population clings to the Nile, some Egy...

For most Egyptian entrepreneurs, starting a business is like waiting in line at the DMV: Numerous forms, endless lines and a tangle of red tape m...

Before the uprisings in Egypt, unions had an uncomfortably close relationship with the government. Now, with newer, independent unions taking the...

The Office for Financial Research, or OFR, is a new government outfit that aims to forecast financial storms before they happen....

Just days after a deal to cut $38 billion in federal spending averted a government shutdown, politicians gear up for the next battle: to raise or...

After World War II, Bretton Woods, NH hosted that era's top economists, who hoped to rebuild a world financial system in tatters. Now, Bretton...

A survey on social "well-being" will give economists -- and voters -- a new tool for judging their leaders. The British government wants to compile...

A graduate student from London has developed an iPhone app that's part GPS and part mood ring. The new technology comes as the British government...

France is the latest country to move beyond Gross Domestic Product to measure economic success. And unlike many countries these days, the Frenchare...

The Dodd-Frank law is having a big effect on the mortgage market, namely in the future fate of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac....