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Natalie Foster, President of the Economic Security Project, discusses the important role of government guarantees in shaping the future of the economy.

A conversation about the life and legacy of economist Milton Friedman with historian Jennifer Burns.

The new Nobel laureate in literature, Jon Fosse, is known in much of the world, but has yet to become a household name in the US.

Major publishing houses are looking to popular fan fiction sites to find new authors.

A museum asked the public to pony up funds to buy the ranch in the "Misty of Chincoteague" books. Thousands of readers delivered.

Commerce Department data shows retail sales for sporting goods, hobby, instrument and book stores were down 5.4% in April compared to a year ago. Sales for garden equipment and supplies were down too.

Private equity "is a major driver of the enormous gulf between rich and poor in this country," says author Gretchen Morgenson.

Well-known author Rebecca Solnit co-edited “Not Too Late,” which argues we shouldn't view climate change as a battle we've already lost.

In "Moving the Needle: What Tight Labor Markets Do for the Poor," authors Newman and Jacobs advocate letting tight labor markets stay that way.

Heather McGhee's new version of "The Sum of Us" urges transcending racial barriers and creating "common solutions to our common problems."