Smart computers require even smarter humans, but they tempt us to engage in ‘cognitive offloading.’

The great economist John Maynard Keynes once proposed an international system to eliminate trade surpluses and deficits. Now the ‘Mar-a-Lago Accord’ aims to bring that idea to life.

The Panama Canal isn’t as reliable as it once was and Mexico is racing to build a new corridor connecting the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans that would help fill the gap. WSJ explores whether it will lead to faster or cheaper shipping.

Investors big and small are wagering hundreds of billions of dollars on market moves

The postwar Swiss economy was largely driven by high-value exports like precision tools and watches. This worked well in the Bretton Woods system of fixed exchange rates that defined much of the postwar era. But when U.S. President Richard Nixon suspended the conversion of dollars into gold in 1971, currencies gradually began to “float” against one another. The dollar went into a steep decline.