The Austrian school of economics is a school of economic thought that emphasizes the importance of individual human action and free markets in economic decision-making. It has its origins in late 19th ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell participated in a virtual town hall speaking with educators and students from across the country about the ...

Obesity among adults continues to be a major public health issue in the United States and other economically developed countries, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and ...

In late February, students at dozens of U.S. high schools participated in the first round of an international competition in economics. The top five American students will travel to historic Olympia, ...

Economics is the study of the allocation of scarce resources. The subject of this course is microeconomics, which examines the decision making of individuals and firms with regard to consumption, ...

Mental illness costs the U.S. economy $282 billion annually, which is equivalent to the average economic recession, according to a new study co-authored by Yale economist Aleh Tsyvinski. The ...

Over the past 40 years, children born to parents without college degrees have become less and less likely to grow up with the advantages of a two-parent home. This trend is perpetuating inequality ...

Sometimes the most important economic events announce themselves with huge front-page headlines, stock market collapses and frantic intervention by government officials. Other times, a hard-to-explain ...

Recent research says managers and employees agree that new job recruits must possess and demonstrate certain soft skills in the hiring process. As technology rapidly changes, so does the shift for a ...