Despite the consequences of higher interest rates, investors are willing to pay higher multiples for corporate earnings despite slowing economic growth rates. The consequences of higher rates and ...

The science is certain at this point: Wearing a mask can help reduce the likelihood of being infected with COVID-19. But masks alone are far from perfect. Over the past two weeks, as masks have gone ...

President Trump came into office with lots of promises for Social Security recipients. Specifically, the President vowed to ...

The path to disruption is paved by unintended consequences, Telstra group executive of Technology, Innovation and Strategy Stephen Elop has said, with the tech industry needing to secure ...

In the twentieth century, American sociologist Robert K. Merton was credited with popularizing the term “unintended consequences.” Unintended consequences can generally be grouped into three ...

Earlier this month, the Trump Administration threatened to end federal tax credits for electric vehicles (EVs). Soon after, Congress decided it would not expand the EV federal tax credit, much to the ...

Opportunity — in America, and especially in Silicon Valley, the word carries almost magical connotations. There is a belief that you can never have too much of it. We’re told that if we give people ...

Privacy regulations like Europe’s GDPR (General Data Protection Regulations) are good for consumers. Ad tech companies have been collecting their information ...

Edward Tenner says we shouldn't fear technology's unintended consequences. He argues for taking the long view of history, and that human ingenuity often finds solutions to negative consequences.

In layman's terms, this is the law of unintended consequences, and it plays out, like Murphy's Law, in more spheres than just economics. And while not all unintended consequences are negative, we ...