Judging from President Barack Obama’s address to Congress on Tuesday, he has not forgotten his base ‘-‘- America’s youth. In his speech, he singled out education, one of the most important issues to ...

This symposium will feature a fireside chat with Andrew Ross Sorkin on the lessons from the 1929 Wall Street crash, followed by a panel discussion on the present-day risk of a bubble, and how policy ...

One beauty of economics — the study of how human beings use scarce resources — is that its basic principles apply to life even if money is not involved. Opportunity cost, externalities, sunk costs, ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Economics will soon be revolutionized, by ...

By: Dr. Emmanuel ACQUAH-SAMThis piece explores how Barzillai’s benevolence toward David offers enduring lessons for sustainable leadership and succession planning. It contrasts narrow economic ...

Lessons from Soviet Economics for the Climate Era Abby Innes argues the world needs to reimagine how governments wield economic tools if we are to get on track to fight climate change.

“Financial education.” This was my condensed response to a question in a recent Publishers Weekly interview: “What could have helped improved the lives of so many people during the Covid-19 crisis?” ...

Earlier this month, the Nobel Prize in economics was awarded to three academics noted for exploring the two most urgent practical questions in their discipline: why do economies grow, and how can we ...