Positive economics is a fact-based analysis of what is occurring in an economy, without making prescriptions of what should or should not be happening.

Discover the evolution of economics from ancient times to modern theories that influence global markets, including Adam Smith and Keynesian approaches.

FOR YOU AND THE HOURLY PLANNER THAT CAN HELP YOU FIGURE OUT WHEN IT’S SAFE TO HEAD OUT A NEW CREIGHTON ECONOMIC STUDY SHOWS A MIXED BAG. RIGHT NOW, THE ECONOMY IS IN A SLOWDOWN, BUT INFLATION HAS GONE ...

The recent announcement of lower-than-expected inflation rates has sparked a debate among economic observers. This phenomenon has led some to reconsider longstanding assumptions about inflation ...

Economics is the study of scarcity. People have unlimited wants and needs, but unfortunately, there is a limited supply of goods and services. Economics analyzes the constant cycle of financial ...

This book presents several short economic debates about wealth, poverty, inequality, philanthropy, capitalism, redistribution, the role of government, and related issues. Hunter Lewis, who founded ...

The report warns many economic models are failing to capture extreme weather events and rising uncertainty likely to dominate impacts in a hotter world.

A Media Matters analysis of three months of economic news coverage from corporate broadcast evening, prime-time cable, and printed news from top newspapers by circulation revealed a lack of in-depth ...

Economics is the study of the allocation of scarce resources. The subject of this course is microeconomics, which examines the decision making of individuals and firms with regard to consumption, ...

In recent weeks, several widely shared Chinese-language articles about economics and finance have been deleted by censors, and one prominent economist has had some of his social media accounts banned.

Mental illness costs the U.S. economy $282 billion annually, which is equivalent to the average economic recession, according to a new study co-authored by Yale economist Aleh Tsyvinski. The ...