To reverse the rise of authoritarian populism, the Democratic Party, like left-of-center parties everywhere, must reconnect ...

Keynesian economics is a macroeconomic theory that advocates for active government intervention to manage economic cycles, particularly during recessions and depressions. Developed by British ...

As part of our Marketplace Economic Pulse series, we examine the economy from a range of perspectives. Today, we hear from Clara Mattei, a professor of economics at the University of Tulsa In Oklahoma ...

Three professors who look at how innovation — including technology — drives economic growth will share the Nobel memorial prize in economics. The winners are Joel Mokyr of Northwestern University; ...

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics for their work on innovation-driven economic growth, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on Monday. Mokyr, a ...

From a traditional economics viewpoint, the US issue isn't deficit spending when the economy is doing poorly, but that the budget is never balanced, and deficit spending is rampant even when it's ...

Not long ago central bankers everywhere were jacking up interest rates. No longer. In June the European Central Bank reduced rates for the first time since before the covid-19 pandemic. In July ...

In “Permutation City”, a novel by Greg Egan, the character Peer, having achieved immortality within a virtual reality over which he has total control, finds himself terribly bored. So he engineers ...