Economics

Economics professor Greg Mankiw, who was the chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President George W. Bush, said he has enrolled as an Independent.

"There's a fair number of people in the nation who look at things like the record low unemployment rate" and other positive indicators and "feel as if the boasting of those things is not consistent with their experience," Mark Hamrick, senior economic analyst at Bankrate, told Newsweek.

Here's to you, Professors Banerjee, Duflo and Kremer. Congratulations! Now tell me whether we should increase or decrease aid to developing nations. Using very short words, please.

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act sharpened the decline in a tax rate paid by America's 400 wealthiest families, a new analysis shows.

"If everyone else is screaming recession, you start to worry it might actually cause one."

It isn't that the doctrine was wrong when Professor Friedman introduced, but rather that the internet has made it obsolete now.

China announced this week that its quarterly economic growth had dipped to the lowest level since 1992.

Since humans invented money, we can reinvent it. Money 3.0 could help us build the kind of society we want.

"Bannon is addicted to the rhetoric of general war on China," the Global Times newspaper said.

Fathers becoming more aware of the work and costs of child care could have reduced their desire to have more children, researchers suggest.

"I'm so amused by people who come up to me and say: 'You used to be a Republican and I used to support your views,'" Joe Scarborough said. "I say: 'Well, my views haven't changed."

Trump wants to install "people that will do exactly what he tells them to do," Oliver said.

Right now some 800,000 government employees aren't collecting paychecks. Nor are hundreds of thousands of government contractors being paid. None of them can buy as much as before.

More than 600 million people live in low-elevation coastal areas, less than 30 feet above sea level.

These products would eventually go on to serve as universal currencies across the different Maya regions and were used to finance state activities, as well as household needs.

Jordan's King Abdullah asked Hani Mulki to resign.

Countries facing steep import tariffs are also likely to sue the U.S. for compensation, experts say.

The government has reassured shoppers there is no shortage of supply.

The amount of money that ensures happiness is more than most people earn.

Saving money in 2018 is easier than you think.

We like to believe our society rejects rape and unwelcome sexual advances, no matter who the perpetrator is.

Republicans called the proposal "backwards" and "cannibalistic, zero-sum scenario," while farm lobbying groups warned of serious consequences if President Donald Trump broke a promise to farmers.

Neil Buchanan writes that behavioral economists have shown people "consistently behave in ways that defy economic theory."

Why do women tend to pay significantly more for deodorant, haircuts, and dry cleaning than men?

Numerai has established the highest paid data science competition in the world.

As risk falls and telecommunication capabilities rise, Africa is quickly becoming a viable place for investment.

Energy Secretary Rick Perry is being mercilessly mocked for his latest gaff.

The economy was in recovery by 1993 when Clinton actually took office.

A trade deficit is when a country imports more than it exports.

There is no such thing as a "pre-existing" condition because the question of a pre-existing condition is only a matter of when — not if.