More Americans are collecting scrap metal, selling their clothes, skipping meals, and hunting for bargains to make ends meet, ...

A groundbreaking new book co-written by Bryan Leonard, a University of Wyoming associate professor, blends economics with data-driven historical analysis and offers a trove of new insights into one of ...

Three new books apply an economist’s lens — and language — to some of our most unruly phenomena, including war and nature itself. By Nick Summers Nick Summers is the former Sunday Business editor at ...

Economist and author Misty Heggeness has a clear mission behind her new book "Swiftynomics": make economics more engaging, more accessible and more inviting for girls and women. "I want more women to ...

Dr. Misty Heggeness, a professor at the University of Kansas and former Census Bureau economist, released an analysis last year showing that mothers with young children were leaving the workforce ...

On a Thursday night in December, I got a breathless call from a Heritage Foundation senior scholar. John Malcolm and Jessica Reinsch, the director and a deputy director of the think tank's Meese ...

Robert J. Samuelson, who sought to explain the implications of unemployment, inflation and government spending to ordinary readers for more than 40 years as an economics columnist for The Washington ...

WSJ Heard on the Street Writer Asa Fitch explains how Nvidia’s recent earnings report may have helped allay concerns about a bubble in AI and tech stocks – at least, for now. Photo: Kent ...

Fed report shows slight decline in employment in recent weeks Government shutdown hampered demand in some Fed districts, report says Policymakers divided heading into December 9-10 meeting Nov 26 ...

Early in her career, Prof. Susan C. Stokes saw a wave of democratization. In Southern Europe, Latin America and the former Soviet Union, authoritarian regimes were tumbling. But in this first quarter ...

Paul Mattick, Business As Usual: The Economic Crisis and the Failure of Capitalism. London: Reaktion Books, 2011. David McNally, Global Slump: The Economics and Politics of Crisis and Resistance.

MINNEAPOLIS — The Federal Reserve released its Beige Book report on Wednesday, which summarizes the economic conditions several times a year across several regions, including Minneapolis. Its summary ...