Economics merges psychology, politics, law, and business for a global view of decision-making. Microeconomics focuses on individual choices, while macroeconomics examines whole economies.

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 ...

There's an interesting little pile on happening among the economic commentariat. Generally focusing on the interesting question of whether Robert Reich has actually managed to understand the basics of ...

Just how important is money? Few would deny that it plays a key role in the economy.­ During the Great Depression of the 1930s, existing economic theory was unable either to explain the causes of the ...