Keynesian economics is a macroeconomic theory that advocates for active government intervention to manage economic cycles, particularly during recessions and depressions. Developed by British ...

As part of our Marketplace Economic Pulse series, we examine the economy from a range of perspectives. Today, we hear from Clara Mattei, a professor of economics at the University of Tulsa In Oklahoma ...

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! But ...

From a traditional economics viewpoint, the US issue isn't deficit spending when the economy is doing poorly, but that the budget is never balanced, and deficit spending is rampant even when it's ...

Jason Furman is one of the most influential Democratic economists of the past two decades. From 2013 to 2017 he chaired President Barack Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, where he helped shape tax ...

DEAR CAR TALK: I have a 2019 Honda CR-V that I love. It has something called an ECON mode, and I tend to just leave it in ECON. Is there any reason not to? I mostly drive around town but take several ...