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Although the war in Syria is in its eighth year, statisticians have established that the world is becoming increasingly peaceful.

Giant earthquakes and extreme wealth may not appear to have much in common, but the frequency with which the "Big One" will hit San Francisco and how often someone will earn as much money as Bill Gates ...

Change happens quickly and, often, unpredictably. And as we will see, the unpredictable part is actually a mathematical principle.

If a tree falls in the forest and nobody is there to hear it, does it make a sound? Niall Ferguson, the celebrated British historian now at Stanford’s Hoover Institution has spouted his own version of that age-old riddle.

The music industry can tell us a lot about our winner-take-all economy.

Transcript from Niall Ferguson's second 2012 Reith Lecture, The Darwinian Economy

A new study shows the average lifetime in the charts for singles and albums has dropped dramatically since the 1990s. How did "Old Town Road" buck this trend?

Economics of Dating 2: The Brutal Reality of Dating Apps

These are the best business books for entrepreneurs, creatives and professionals in 2020 so far. Share your pick for the best business books to read too.

A major lesson of Covid-19 is that there is no distinction between natural and man-made catastrophes.

Alok Jha: No one who is interested in an equitable society can fail to be irked by unfairness in wealth distribution – but it is not unexpected. Think power law.

We often assume things are more evenly distributed than they actually are — and this influences how we make decisions and manage risk.