Economics was a bystander to the Industrial Revolution and rather ruined the 20th century; it should understand that it is best conceived as a leisure activity.

Though economics presents its own methodological problems, the basic challenges facing researchers are not fundamentally different from those faced by researchers in other fields. As economics ...

Regarding Matthew Hennessey’s op-ed “JD Vance Defies the Market’s Gravity” (June 3): I always find it amusing when people assert that economics isn’t a science. Such statements suggest that they don’t ...

The Bachelor of Science in Quantitative Economics provides quantitatively-oriented students an opportunity to incorporate more advanced mathematics into their Economics degree, expanding their ability ...

When the economics department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology issues a statement, it is often to celebrate a Nobel Prize. In the past decade, six of its professors have won the award—as ...

The professor emeritus of economics and 2025 Nobel winner spent the day on Brown’s campus, where he enjoyed visits with ...