Bill Gates takes a dim view of economists' ability to know what's going on in the economy. “Too bad economists don't actually understand macroeconomics,” the ...

There are still obstacles to using renewable energy, but they're not economic ones anymore, says Mark Lewis of BNP Paribas Asset Management. He says the ...

It's during recessions that we shed bad habits, including those of thought. Economists would profit from a recession.

The G-7 left the economy almost entirely off its agenda. In its place, abortion ideology dominated.

Emily Nussbaum reviews the galvanic new series, set in Israel, which emphasizes how easily dehumanizing rhetoric can sway vulnerable minds, and which ...

Since August 2018, NPR has been tracking about 80 items sold at a Georgia Walmart with an eye toward products caught in the trade war. On average, prices ...

The new economics, and how it can create a more just America.

Imagine blending economics, psychology, and neuroscience to pioneer new ways to think about human behavior. Behavioral economist Colin Camerer does ...

The debate over removing the four dams on the lower Snake River has simmered for decades. In July, the economic consulting firm ECONorthwest (ECONW) ...

Writer and economist Soumaya Keynes will present a talk titled “War Correspondence: Covering the Trump Administration's Trade Policy” on Thursday, Sept.

Bernie Sanders presumes to know better what people should want than do the people themselves. But he doesn't know better, and he proves as much regularly.

Manufacturers shipped 11.4% fewer RVs in June 2018 compared to a year prior.

The United Auto Workers strike against General Motors Co. could detract further from the U.S. economy at a time of mounting global uncertainty, but it would take ...

President Donald Trump campaigned for office saying he alone could fix what ails the US economy. So far he's created a global trade war that's hurting China's ...

The hostile reaction to Binyamin Appelbaum's new book reveals the tensions within the economics profession over some of its most self-serving myths.

One expert has calculated that, in all, up to seven jobs could be impacted for every striker.

Its price will crash if interest rates rise. But most buyers won't live long enough to regret it.

Stephen Schwarzman, the billionaire co-founder of investment powerhouse Blackstone, told CNBC on Tuesday that China knows it must change its trade and ...

President Nicolás Maduro's authoritarian government, long a practitioner of tight state control of the economy, has cautiously begun implementing free-market ...

With a credible narrative of effective policies addressing pain points, the unfolding economic slowdown may have been less severe.

NPR's Noel King talks to economics journalist Binyamin Appelbaum, whose new book traces what he describes as a revolution in the way we think about the ...

A pathfinder in environmental economics who insisted on factoring in the worst-case scenarios of global warming.

This year marks the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first enslaved people from West Africa in what is now the United States. The New York Times is ...

Fed appears likely to cut rates for a 2nd time as Trump trade war and other threats loom.

China's economic data disappoints again. The industrial output growth has slumped to the lowest level in 17.5 years along with weak retail sales. We highlight ...

Huawei's founder spoke to The Economist on September 10th 2019.

All things have a price – and if not, economists will find one. Researchers have calculated the going rate for thoughts and prayers offered in hard times.

A key index fell to its lowest level since January 2016 as production managers said President Trump's trade war with China was straining supply chains.

India's economy had annual growth of 5.0 per cent in the April-June quarter, the slowest in more than six years, dragged down by weak consumer demand and ...

This is the winning essay of The Economist's Open Future Essay Competition 2019 on the question “What fundamental economic and political change, if any, ...

Are Democrats hexing the Trump boom with bad thoughts?

This article is part of David Leonhardt's newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it each weekday. One of the giants of climate economics, Martin Weitzman, ...

The Obama vice president and self-styled Middle Class Joe wants to improve economic and social programs instead of creating sweeping new ones.

The American Economic Association is implementing new rules forbidding universities and other employers from interviewing thousands of candidates in hotel ...

A lot of activity is under way, but the difficulties are greater than people think.

Omaha Chamber Senior VP "exits the organization"

In the early 1950s, a young economist named Paul Volcker worked as a human calculator in an office deep inside the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

It was dollarization in 2000 that saved Ecuador during the Rafael Correa years from experiencing the devastating economic damage that Correa's role model, ...

Atlantic Council Eurasia Center Director John E. Herbst (left) and Senior Fellow Anders Åslund (right) during the press briefing announcing the "Key Principles ...

Covering Climate Now: It's easy to indulge in the idea that individual actions can't have an impact on climate change. But a few simple ideas from economics ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – A local economist explained why sales tax revenue is down across Kansas. City leaders in Kansas are dealing with the impacts of ...

The environmental economist's biggest strength was in knowing what we do not know.

Expectations for the German economy have rebounded in the past month as concerns eased about the impact of the US-China trade war and Brexit, according ...

History doesn't repeat, they say, but it often rhymes. And the latest economic headlines feature an uncanny tonal resemblance to those of the early 1970s.

THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS do not like Brexit. To clear up any lingering doubts, at their conference in Bournemouth a batch of their freshly elected MEPs strode ...

The European Central Bank's chief economist Philip Lane has defended the monetary stimulus package the central bank launched last week, stressing that it ...

Amid the desert orgies, Paul Romer investigates a provocative question: Is this bacchanal a model of urban planning?

The president's free-wheeling approach and rapid-fire tweets are driving up uncertainty to historic levels.

Dirty air drags down everything from student test results to football passing.

The Dutch government plans tax cuts and extra investment next year, setting aside some of its usual fiscal prudence in a response to the threat of a regional ...

Reform does not always mean being merely futuristic. Extrapolating past experience can be an advance. The Constituent Assembly debated the jurisdiction of ...

America and Saudi Arabia may feel compelled to retaliate against Iran.

Carie Li, economist at OCBC Wing Hang Bank, discusses how the anti-government protests in Hong Kong and the trade war between the world's two largest ...

The risks of the UK sliding into its first recession in a decade have receded after a stronger-than-expected and across-the-board 0.3% increase in activity in July.

The Church's teachings on the dignity of the worker should guide us toward building an economy that provides dignified work.

Zach Helfand writes on Stephanie Kelton, Bernie Sanders's economic adviser, and Modern Monetary Theory.

They have a lot to answer for, says Binyamin Appelbaum.

The future is not looking bright for oil, according to a new report that claims the commodity would have to be priced at $10-$20 a barrel to remain competitive as ...

Every president's election-year nightmare — a recession — is suddenly looming over the 2020 race. In a survey released earlier this week by the National ...

Engineering and medicine have in many respects become separate from their respective underlying sciences of physics and biology. Public-policy schools ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (News 4 & Fox 11) — The U.S. Small Business Administration has awarded $257,914 to the Nevada Governor's Office of Economic ...

Economist Robert Shiller thinks his peers have missed something big. Most experts in his sphere believe the cogs of the economy are turned by policies and ...

With economists struggling to derive credible explanations of macroeconomic conditions from the prevailing models, those who have long criticized the ...

President Trump's economic approval numbers are declining in key battleground states and he trails a generic Democrat in the race for the White House, ...

When Republicans describe the strength of the economy over the past two and a half years, they generally cite the 2017 tax cut and the Donald Trump ...

AS THE ANNUAL meeting of central bankers and economists at Jackson Hole, a mountain resort in Wyoming, began on August 23rd, two participants made a ...

These days, that Donald Trump has not walked out constitutes a triumph.

MALTA — The Saratoga County Prosperity Partnership will help create an economic development plan for the town of Malta. It is part of the Next Wave ...

BEIJING—Economic activity in China cooled further in August, testing Beijing's tolerance for slower growth as it seeks to ease trade tensions with the U.S..

The US economy appears poised to enter a recession within the next two years, a new survey out Monday found. More than 70% of economists surveyed by the ...

The Trump administration's goal of achieving economic growth of 3% or better is looking increasingly remote this year, according to forecasters surveyed by The ...

A mom and daughter duo did the math on a school fundraiser selling products door-to-door and turned an economics lesson into a real-life epiphany.

Is climate change a crisis demanding immediate aggressive action to smash down carbon emissions, or is it an annoying inconvenience that can be dealt with ...

The health of the single market is vital for the future of Europe's economy.

The worrisome leading indicators are real, but so are the sources of resilience that could keep the expansion going.

The corporate face of the opioid epidemic settles a federal court case for $10bn.

Farm Journal's Bovine Veterinarian spoke with Dr. Douglas Wagner, DVM, senior technical services veterinarian at Newport Laboratories, Inc., at the 2019 ...

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When poor families receive housing vouchers they often move from one troubled neighbourhood to another.

Traverse City Downtown Development Authority (DDA) board members Friday will get a first look at a proposed new strategic plan to boost economic develop...

More public resources could be managed as commons without much loss of efficiency.

There's absolutely no economic or financial reason for a U.S. or global recession to occur in the next year or two, but we're likely to experience one anyway ...

She would be the first national from an emerging economy to lead the fund.

And Mario Draghi sends governments a parting message.

Wednesday, September 18, 2019. The business community must advocate for ECU's success while the university advocates for economic development in the ...

Andrew Yang took the stage at Cambridge Common Monday night, speaking to hundreds of supporters on signature topics for the Democratic presidential ...

Japan's impact is felt keenly in American and European corporate-credit markets.

The top Democrat on the Missouri House Special Committee on Tourism says violent crime is hurting business in his hometown of Kansas City. State Rep.

Industry watchers say slowing demand could have a direct hit on the affordable housing segment.

A light calendar day as market focus turns towards the Fed The uncertainty surrounding the repo market has left the dollar in a bit of a softer position in the ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — The U.S. Cellular Center's Thomas Wolfe Auditorium sold out of 4,500 tickets for Monday and Tuesday, as rising country and pop ...

The labor market and the broader economy are both better than they look on the surface, and in fact have been mostly defying the continual patter of recession ...

The folks at the Fraser Institute in Canada have just released a new version of Economic Freedom of the World. As has been the case for many years, Hong ...

Brunswick Community College's Small Business Center hosts dozens of seminars and workshops each semester to help local businesses become and stay ...

Economists are downgrading their forecasts for economic growth in China again, to below a level seen as necessary for the Communist Party to meet its own ...

The Outlook 2019 Memphis Economic Study shows local consumers feel confident, and a prominent Memphis economist says the local economy is as strong as ...

AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF)- The Office of Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the Governor will lead an economic development mission to Japan and South ...

The Internet of Things is the next big idea in computing.

The Appalachian Regional Commission recently designated about $284000 in federal funds for skills training and economic development in Southwest Virginia, ...

English News and Press Release on Yemen about Recovery and Reconstruction; published on 17 Sep 2019 by USAID.