The race to select a Democratic candidate to depose incumbent president Donald Trump begins in Iowa on Monday. Bette Browne casts an eye over the runners and riders.

India and China are in the grips of economic slowdown but it brings a lesson that they must learn, write Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo.

It would take the average worker 50 years to earn what half of the bosses at top Irish companies take home each year.

US senator Elizabeth Warren is currently in the news as a potential US presidential candidate for the Democratic party. But long before becoming involved in politics, Ms Warren was a Harvard professor and a highly respected expert in law and economics.

Public policy schools typically have a strong economics focus but must rethink how they teach students. Medical schools could offer a model, writes Ricardo Hausmann

I fear for children’s safety when I hear that Health Minister Simon Harris continues to push for mandated vaccines ‘Harris targets online lies over vaccines’ (Irish Examiner, August 28). Harris talks about scaremongering as the cause of some parents not choosing vaccination for their children, yet the real scaremongering emanates from government and media campaigns. Quotes of a 200% measles increase are totally misleading when Irish cases are only in double figures and are not out of sync with historical fluctuations in recent decades.

It was a humid Sunday in June, a quiet afternoon that Pete Buttigieg knew would not remain quiet.

A new study says genes have less to do with weight loss than we previously thought — it’s more about how our gut reacts to different foods, writes Sharon Ní Chonchúir.

Over recent years, “body dissatisfaction” – or shame about one’s appearance – has been on the rise in men, writes Glen Jankowski.

The Reeks District has launched its Big Five campaign, a collection of the most thrilling outdoor adventures the country has to offer. Kieran Meeke puts it to the best

Michael Moynihan in scoreboard Fortresses overthrown and fortresses restored. Yesterday in Ennis was Bloomsday, of course, but was there a whiff of Tolkien to the proceedings, with the hills and hosts and stone fastnesses, waiting to be cast down or held in the face of assault?

Robert F Kennedy Jr is an ‘outlier in the Kennedy family’ with his anti-vaxx support, according to his siblings. Now the family is engaged in a very public spat, says Bette Browne

Castlelyons’ Niall O’Leary is the new face in the named Cork team to take on Tipperary in Sunday’s Munster SHC Round 1 clash as John Meyler goes with 13 of the team that were defeated by Limerick in last year’s All-Ireland semi-final.

Proving that age is just a number, Berkshire Hathaway chief executive, Warren Buffett, 88, and vice-chairman, Charlie Munger, 95, answered questions for seven hours at the company’s AGM this weekend.

Male fertility may be declining but there are steps you can take to rebuild it, says Peta Bee.

Whether one is a nation, an individual, or a corporation, it does not do to enter a tougher environment without the financial wherewithal and without a plan, writes Kyran Fitzgerald

Irish third-level colleges are the beach donkeys to the thoroughbreds of the US when it comes to funding, yet they persist in playing a global ratings game they cannot win, says Kyran Fitzgerald.

Because this seems to be a week (or two) of Peak Hurling, I thought it might be the ideal time to use the game in order to reenact a great old George Plimpton piece.

Let’s hold the horses for a second, turn our backs on the prospect of Limerick’s place in the All-Ireland final, and

An Irish-born academic who has conducted research on abortion pill use in Ireland has said that a cooling-off period for seeking terminations is “patronising and insulting” for women.

Raped on a trip to Belfast by a 15-year-old, the vicious attack inspired Winnie M Li’s widely acclaimed novel, writes Áilín Quinlan.

Clare's hurlers look likely to lose forward Shane O'Donnell for the 2019 season.

Carol O’Callaghan reviews the life and internationally renowned work of Irish-American architect, Kevin Roche

Latest: Harvard University has reversed its decision to name Chelsea Manning a visiting fellow, a day after CIA chief Mike Pompeo scrapped an appearance over the designation for the soldier who was convicted of leaking classified information.

A Chinese invasion of North Korea or at least a forced regime change is not as unlikely as most people might think and could help ‘Make China Great Again’, writes Bill Emmott.

When Colm Cronin hopped, skipped and jumped 15.89 meters on June 26th 1977, little did the Leevale man realise his Irish triple jump record would remain peerless some 40 years later.

With arrests of illegal immigrants in the US on the rise, more and more cities and college campuses are becoming sanctuaries, writes Bette Browne

Mark Zuckerberg now acknowledges the dangerous side of the social revolution he helped create. But is the most powerful tool for connection in human history capable of adapting to the world it created, asks Farhad Manjoo.

India has withdrawn 86% of its paper money in a bid to eradicate tax evasion, but a world that follows suit may not be very democratic, writes John Hearne.

Shocked by her own test results, Dr Sara Gottfried was spurred on to devise ways of improving her health and slowing down the ageing process, says Áilín Quinlan.

Obama aide’s take on how government can help rather than hinder is worthy, says Kyran Fitzgerald.

President Donald Trump has nominated Neil Gorsuch, a fast-rising conservative judge, to the Supreme Court, setting up a clash with Democrats.

The High Court has reserved judgement on whether a Harvard professor of constitutional law should give evidence in a case taken by Denis O'Brien.

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You may have seen it, you may not have, depending on your familiarity with Facebook, the website set up, according to Hollywood, to get back at a girl who dumped a nerd at Harvard.

Dr Fiachra Long discusses some of the fresh challenges facing educators in the 21st century.

All but one of the seven Irish universities have fallen in the latest international rankings which reflect the worsening effects of almost a decade of budget cuts.

Advantage card players aren’t cheaters, but they hone the sharpest (legal) edge they can, reports Michael Kaplan