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There is a benefit to paying efficiency wages. But make sure the cost is right for your business.

Data suggest the lower rate of companies failing might be behind the decline in companies starting up.

Small businesses are doing a lot more without having to hire new workers.

Nations that are more competitive have less of their adult-age population in the process of starting or running new businesses.

Facebook's hiring numbers are squishy, but the company continues to serve as a great example of how entrepreneurship can help the world.

By overcoming market failure in the development and financing of early-stage technology, the SBIR program makes possible commercial activity that would not otherwise have occurred.

There are several reasons why America's millionaires are an increasingly confident bunch.

In case you missed it, the U.S. economy is picking up speed.

Because of a range of factors, those looking for a rebound in entrepreneurship have a long wait.

A college president says economic models don't apply to college tuition. That theory wouldn't pass Econ 101.

We get it. There's plenty of reasons to drive straight past the polls next week. But isn't voting important, no matter what?

The billionaire philanthropist wants to distinguish between the wealthy who are using their money for good and those who are merely consuming it.

It's the second Nobel Prize for a French national this year.

The data suggest that rising wealth depresses business formation.

The fall in new company starts does not necessarily mean that the American economy is less dynamic than it used to be, or that Americans are opening up new establishments at a lower rate than they did in the late 1970s.

For the city of Austin, and especially its growing cohort of tech entrepreneurs, South by Southwest has become the little festival that could.

As this Austin festival has grown, so has its scope and the expectations of its attendees.

Business owners have jobs and want to hire, but employers say candidates are unprepared and have the wrong attitude. What gives?

The latest jobs numbers prove a point: Putting government policy over business interests has been a disastrous failure for the American worker.

Customers tend to stay home in extreme weather conditions like the U.S. is now facing. But data show they are more likely to come back during cold snaps like this one.

This year, bashing the immorality of unfettered markets has been in vogue. It is high time to turn that debate on its head.