As the 2023 Meaningful Economics Competition kicked off May 23 amid the happy hubbub of a roomful of third-grade students, at least a couple of adults in the room were reliving old memories. The ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – While analytical, mathematically driven economists don't seem to have much in common with their abstract literary colleagues, a Purdue University professor's new book contends ...

There is no concept in economics today that is as poorly understood as inflation. Academic economists, investment professionals, media pundits, and politicians all wallow in confusion about what it is ...

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the Nobel memorial prize in economics Monday for their research into the impact of innovation on economic growth and how new technologies replace older ...

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Being the econ nerds that we are here at Planet Money and The Indicator, this Thanksgiving we want to give thanks for economic insights that improved our lives, solved a problem, or just plain ...

This is the first in a series of occasional columns on economics for policymakers and business leaders. Opportunity Cost and Tradeoffs: The true cost of any spending or investment decision is the cost ...

Australian Medical Doctor; Postdoctoral Fellow in Global Health & NCDs, Harvard University Last post, I humbly introduced the first of two economic concepts I believe are key to a better, healthier ...