Paul Solman: I first met Michael Meeropol at Elisabeth Irwin High School in what later became SoHo, in the Cold War ’50s. He was among the most personable kids at “EI,” surprising to some in that he ...

We will soon learn whether the economy operates by the textbook. As the stock market falters, Washington is making the standard anti-recessionary moves. Just Tuesday, the Federal Reserve cut interest ...

Bill Phillips was an outsider to economics, but he used a machine and a chart to change the way we think about the government ...

Harvard professor N. Gregory Mankiw is one of the most influential economists in the United States. But the 61-year-old’s authority does not stem from advancing an arcane scholarly finding. Nor has ...

For Planet Money's first book, the hosts wanted something relevant but different and personal: jobs, investing, savings and ...

Buffett highlights that unemployment remains so low, yet interest rates and inflation are not rising. At the same time the U.S. government continues to spend more money than it takes in. These ...

Economics remains dominated by men, both in terms of faculty members and students. New research suggests that while economics textbooks aren’t necessarily to blame, they’re not helping close the field ...

A street sign for Wall Street is seen outside the New York Stock Exchange on Dec. 28, 2016. (Andrew Kelly/Reuters) Harvard professor N. Gregory Mankiw is one of the most influential economists in the ...

The US is going through a "textbook" financial crisis, according to billionaire Leon Cooperman. That means poor returns for stocks, he added, warning the S&P 500 wouldn't hit a high again for a long ...

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia took a swipe at the government in power in 2012 over the state of the Ghanaian economy. He said the economic managers of the economy were not up to the task of ...

Question: How would one find out what upper division macro-econ textbooks have been used in the last decade, which are used currently or are planned for use in the coming year(s) at the big shot ...