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How money connects all the players in politics, an interactive portrait showing how political committees and donors are interconnected.

Psychologists now have evidence that money breeds greed and kills empathy. Knowing how could help solve social ills

Do you pass the time—or spend it? The difference may affect how happy you are during leisure time, a new study shows.

Taller workers receive a substantial wage premium. Studies extending back to the middle of the last century attribute the premium to non-cognitive abilities, which are associated with stature and rewarded in the labor market.

Compared to what they would pay themselves, most consumers overestimate what others are willing to pay for products, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. And that holds true for a large range of items, both real and imaginary.

By delaying purchases you can get ‘free pleasure’ from anticipation and uncertainty, plus you’ll make better decisions.

Girls and young women are more concerned about money than ever before, a survey has found.

“When consumers are reminded of money, do they conform, shrug it off, or react against others’ attempts to influence them?” ask authors Jia (Elke) Liu (University of Groningen), Dirk Smeesters (Erasmus University), and Kathleen D. Vohs (University of Minnesota).

Juntos Finanzas, a budget-by-text program started at Stanford with a group of janitorial workers, is part Mint.com, part Weight Watchers. Now it's making real changes in the lives of lower-income workers.

Individuals with amygdala damage are more likely to lay a risky bet.