As one of the social sciences, economics studies how the choices we make as individuals—as consumers and producers, as savers and investors, as managers and employees, as citizens and voters—combine ...

A century ago, Frank Knight wrote a book that put uncertainty in its rightful place at the heart of economics and entrepreneurship. I love that his last name was a homonym of “night,” when objects are ...

Harvard Business School PhD graduates are in demand for a range of roles in academia, industry, and government. The majority of our graduates enter academia. Others work in industry in economic ...

The Commerce Department has abolished two statistical advisory committees within an agency responsible for compiling vital US economic data such as gross domestic product and the Federal Reserve’s ...

Howard Lutnick, the commerce secretary, suggested government spending should be excluded from data about U.S. economic output. By Ben Casselman and Colby Smith Comments from a member of President ...

On Friday, Jan. 2, in the first section of my 12 predictions for the year 2026, I covered the outlook for the five main domestic and international political and security developments that will ...