In the Spring 1971 issue of this Journal, Jerome Rothenberg discussed ways of relating economics to the problems of modern society. Thomas B. Duff, a high school teacher, explains how Rothenberg's ...

It would be hard to find a discipline stalked by more fallacy than economics. Many large libraries could be filled with thick books laying out the myriad ways in which the truth about human action is ...

Paul Solman: On Tuesday, we posted the first transcript from a series of interviews I’ve done with Paul Samuelson over the years. This installment picks up where the last left off, explaining the most ...

Those people who oppose immigration on the grounds that immigrants fill jobs that would otherwise go to current residents of this country and, in doing so, would drive down wage and salary levels, ...

The costs of the COVID-19 crisis come in two primary forms. The first is the direct impact in terms of health and lives lost. The second is the indirect impact that comes from efforts by individuals, ...

The United States is fighting wars on multiple fronts. Aside from our involvement in Ukraine and the Middle East, a hot war is being waged against economics. This war is being championed by the ...

The former head of the Federal Reserve thinks President Donald Trump doesn’t understand basic economics, the central banking system or international trade. But she said it in such a way that you might ...