Capital markets are at the heart of a free-market system. They bring together issuers, which need capital to pay for operations and services, and investors looking for profitable investment ...

Paul Krugman: There are, however, no examples of successful health care based on the principles of the free market, for one simple reason: in health care, the free market just doesn’t work. Don ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Charlene Rhinehart is a CPA , CFE, chair of an Illinois CPA Society committee, and has a ...

Americans have been debating health care for decades. As costs have continued to skyrocket for individuals, employers and the federal government, consumer frustration has also risen. The U.S. health ...

Are public markets broken? In the 1990s Yahoo held an initial public offering a year after incorporation. Uber, which went public last week, was founded in 2009; Airbnb, whose IPO is expected later ...