Human capital is about the innate power workers have. It is about their knowledge, skills and insights, which can’t be sold or bought. Scottish economist Adam Smith was one of the first to recognize ...

The phrase “human capital stock” is a dry bit of academic jargon that economists have leaned on for decades, usually without generating a lot of controversy. It’s trusty shorthand, used to describe ...

The Human Capital Trust Fund was launched in 2019 with generous support from the Gates Foundation and the Government of Canada. The Trust Fund helps countries to invest in people through a ...

On this episode of The Long View, Tom Idzorek, chief investment officer of retirement for Morningstar Investment Management, and Paul Kaplan, who before retiring in 2023 was the director of research ...

Goldman Sachs HR leader Jacqueline Arthur explains why emotional intelligence and human skills are becoming more valuable ...

Allison Schrager is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering economics. A senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, she is author of “An Economist Walks Into a Brothel: And Other Unexpected Places to ...

Citing data from the Household Integrated Economic Survey (HIES), he noted that about 35% of household expenditure is spent ...

Unleashing the South Asian Century Through Human Capital for All is a new framework for action to achieve human capital acceleration in South Asia. The plan proposes a 4-pronged framework for action: ...