AI agents—autonomous systems that perceive, reason, and act on behalf of human principals—are poised to transform digital markets by dramatically reducing transaction costs. This chapter evaluates the ...

Sometimes external forces in the economy throw the supply and demand for a product or service out of whack. Trade quotas are a common and powerful example of one such external force. One way ...

Commodity markets look deceptively simple. The prices of raw materials, unlike those of bonds or stocks, seem to move according to how much raw material there is—forget obscure data somewhere on a ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. As the world accelerates toward a greener future, the surge in demand for copper is poised ...

The housing market experienced historically low levels of inventory along with rapid price growth in the two years following the onset of the pandemic. Analysis of national and county-level housing ...

The global oil market is "walking a tightrope" between scarce supply and the possibility of a recession, the International ...