Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt share the Nobel economics prize for work that underlines the importance of ...

Economic reasoning has many practical applications in life, especially when making financial choices. For example, in economics class students learn the concept of scarcity, but their individual ...

In 2020, while the pandemic has reversed a lot of trends in the distribution and collection of goods and services, there has been an interesting change in how many view human capital within the ...

The global pandemic has highlighted that economics is all around us. The past 18 months have taught us that scarcity forces everyone to make choices, which comes with a cost. An understanding of ...

For example, the Nobel prize in economic science, awarded this week, underlined the importance of funding basic research.

It goes without saying that Olympic athletes need clean air to perform at their best. So for this year’s Winter Games, China pulled the same trick it had unveiled before the Summer Games in 2008: it ...

With the overhanging federal government shutdown, it's more important than ever to properly prepare for retirement.

Jewelry designer and entrepreneur Kara Ross (COL ’88) discussed the importance of female economic empowerment with a panel of female leaders and entrepreneurs in the Rafik B. Hariri Building on ...

President Trump's pick of a political ally, E.J. Antoni, to head the Bureau of Labor Statistics has raised fears among economists about political interference in important economic data. After a guest ...

In lieu of the official jobs report, investors are shifting their attention to Fed speakers, other jobs data, and consumer ...