The Washington Post ran a very preachable article about “the collapse of ‘entitlement.’” Here’s Robert J. Samuelson definition of entitlement: “We expected all social problems to be solved. We ...

Professor Matias Vernengo leads the global effort to shape definitions of economic terminology in the 'New Palgrave ...

Economic man represents a rational actor, aiming to maximize utility and satisfaction. Discover his role and the impact the concept has in economic theories and models.

Positive economics is a fact-based analysis of what is occurring in an economy, without making prescriptions of what should or should not be happening.

Hip hop has been the soundtrack of my life. When I close my eyes, I can still feel the walk to elementary school—morning light low and pale, sneakers darkening with dew—and hear myself half-whispering ...

In 1930, the English economist John Maynard Keynes took a break from writing about the problems of the interwar economy and indulged in a bit of futurology. In an essay entitled “Economic ...

In the second and third quarters of 2025, the U.S. economy grew at its fastest pace in two years. Those growth rates were not “numbers unheard of,” or figures the U.S. “never had” before, as President ...

Five charts show the impact on the economy after a year of sweeping trade changes by the Trump administration. Note: Data is through Oct. 2025. Source: U.S. International Trade Commission. The New ...

The Super Bowl, the biggest event in American football, is set for Sunday with the Seattle Seahawks facing the New England Patriots at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California. The massive sporting ...

This blog is a follow-up to Sparks: Igniting new ideas, an IDS event on 28 January to present new ideas on addressing key social and environmental challenges. Scarcity is considered an all-pervasive ...

THIS book is based on the theory that the economic man attempts to maximize his share of the world's goods and services in the same way that a participant in a game involving many players attempts to ...

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