Economists sometimes present their discipline as the queen of the social sciences, a claim staked primarily on a superificial resemblance to physics: It has universal laws! Expressed in numbers!

All major economic powers — Britain, Germany, and yes the USA, and China — rose to their position while protecting their ...

The Growth Lab founder says active government approaches blending markets and smart planning can drive prosperity and the ...

Two contemporaries born in the 18th century provide reasons for guarded optimism about 21st-century U.S. politics. Democrats are suddenly, if only situationally, admiring James Madison (1751-1836).

If you studied any college-level economics, you probably remember David Ricardo’s name. He was the other founder of classic economic theory, after Adam Smith, and his “comparative advantage ...