Economics

The true proof of socialism's shortcomings comes by way of the lack of demand for it.

This was despite warnings from big players facing "real concerns" about its longevity as the world's reserve currency.

We estimate that speeding up a COVID-19 vaccine's arrival by half a year through the president's Operation Warp Speed may have a benefit of $1.8 trillion.

British-Jamaican war nurse Mary Seacole and Noor Inayat Khan, a British spy in World War II and others are being considered.

It is easy to bash the private equity model, but the critics miss the mark.

There is a rising bipartisan awareness of how forward-thinking capitalism must focus on labor dignity and workers' rights.

New research from the Boston University School of Law shows that banning employers from asking about past wages can partially close gender and racial wage gaps.

The economics profession must end its century of systemic racism.

Advertising is an under-appreciated means by which our economic recovery can be accelerated.

Economic nationalism, not free market fundamentalism, represents the best path forward for America.

The percentage of Americans who approve of the President Trump's handling of the economy has fallen to its lowest level in months, according to the survey.

There are fiscally prudent alternatives to Speaker Nancy Pelosi's spending binge.

The economic devastation of coronavirus has provided the perfect opportunity for states to end energy policy cronyism.

The coronavirus pandemic only underscores how socialism can help us achieve a more just and equitable society.

Free market capitalism is the most just economic system devised by man, and the coronavirus proves the need for even more of it.

"This is about survival," Republican Congressman Lee Zeldin said. "Some of these local municipalities are run by Republicans."

We need a payroll tax cut, not more spending.

Most PPP loans have gone to central and midwestern states that have reported the fewest number of coronavirus cases.

"This emergency bill should not create a federal, one-size-fits-all, permanent leave mandate on employers," read the Thursday letter.

"Someone needs to tell the Democrats in Congress that CoronaVirus doesn't care what party you are in," Trump wrote. "We need to protect ALL Americans!"

The Capital Economics global economist said that if the coronavirus situation worsens then corporate debt issues could reach a "tipping-point."

Imports to Korea from China have had the biggest fall since the Asia financial crisis in 1999, with China's GDP set to plummet this year.

"These alarmists always demand the same thing: absolute power to dominate, transform and control every aspect of our lives," the president said.

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.

"Facebook has demonstrated through scandal after scandal that it doesn't deserve our trust... We'd be crazy to give them a chance to experiment with people's bank accounts," Sherrod Brown said.