Economy

This is a follow-up to Monday's "St. Louis on the Air" show about the middle class. Hear the audio from that show and read Kyle Jacoby's story to find out…

The rich are getting richer. The top 5 percent of earners in the U.S. accounted for nearly 40 percent of personal consumption expenditures in 2012,…

A recent Brookings Institution report looks at millions of job openings across the country to see how hard it is to fill science, technology, engineering…

The St. Louis area's job growth has lagged far behind other Midwestern cities and the national average since 2010, but things could be turning around.The…

It probably says something about our times that the book that’s sold out on Amazon is not the latest Twilight thriller but a dense, 700-pager by a French…

On Friday, Arch Grants announced the finalists for its 2014 Arch Grants Business Plan Competition. The field has been whittled down to 46 entrepreneurs.…

We all know that St. Louis is unique in many ways — our passion for baseball; our obsession with bricks; our Arch.It turns out, the region is even unique…

If you are a regular listener to our radio airwaves, you may have noticed that St. Louis Public Radio has been asking for your financial support to help…

Income inequality in the United States is a hot-button political issue in this mid-term election year. Advocates for substantial increases in the minimum…

According to World Trade Center St. Louis executive director Tim Nowak, the number one destination for St. Louis exports is China. With such a direct link…