Discover four key economic concepts: scarcity, supply and demand, costs and benefits, and incentives. Learn how they affect consumer choices and financial decisions.

In the face of shrinking populations, many of the world's major economies are trying to engineer higher birth rates. Policymakers from South Korea, Japan and Italy, for example, have all adopted ...

Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson have been awarded the 2024 Nobel memorial prize in economics for their influential work on how institutions shape economic development. Some would say ...

Is it actually accurate to describe one generation as having “ruined” the economy or is that simply a diversion from the true forces that influence our financial lives? When a 21-year-old recently ...

The United States is facing a serious economic problem as the government shutdown continues. White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett warns that the shutdown is costing the U.S. economy around $15 ...

In technical analysis, the concept of "market breadth" refers to the percentage of common stocks that are participating in a given price performance trend expressed in a broad market index. A "breadth ...

This Pew Research Center analysis focuses on public opinion of inequality and its contributing factors in 36 countries across the Asia-Pacific region, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East-North ...

Significant problems are confronting the Xi Jinping regime as the third plenum of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party meets this week to discuss the direction of the economy. The ...

Women prioritize inclusive "we are in this together" policies. Source: Debbie Peterson / heyjasperai Since the business upheavals of the 1980s, when women began to fill more management positions, ...