Innovation Hub

Once upon a time, women didn't smoke cigarettes. Until a PR maestro linked smoking with both femininity and female empowerment. Then, brain scans of a person high on cocaine and of a person expecting a cash windfall look almost identical. Kabir Sehgal tells us why we love money SO much. And finally, Nathan Schneider explains how we can own the web.

We get high from making money. Literally. Former Wall Street executive and author Kabir Sehgal explains our obsession with cash and coin.

What would the internet look like if you owned a piece of it? Nathan Schneider thinks it's time for some of the biggest internet players to get cut down to size.

First, Walter Isaacson walks us through the historical links between innovation and immigration. Then, how’s Silicon Valley taking Trump’s immigration orders? And finally, Americans are moving less because new jobs aren’t worth it. Abigail Wozniak explains the declining dynamism of the job market.

Where else have we seen an immigration ban like Trump's? Walter Isaacson walks us through the history of immigration and innovation.

Some of America’s best scientists (think Einstein and Tesla) immigrated here from other countries. We talk with a few economists who’ve calculated their impact on American innovation.

American workers are becoming less mobile. Abigail Wozniak explains what that can tell us about our economy.

How’s Silicon Valley reacting to Trump’s immigration ban? We talk with Bilal Zuberi to find out.

One of the reasons there aren't more women in leadership positions? Professor Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic says that it's our inability to differentiate between confidence and competence.

Money and politics go together like Thelma and Louise. But that relationship has started to spin out of control. Plus, Tim Wu explains how advertising has infiltrated our lives. And finally, we talk with psychologist Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic about how incompetent managers always seem to find their way to the top, and why that's bad for women.