Self-interest describes actions that are intended to result in personal gain. It comes with both pros and cons.

Learn how green economics advocates for environmental sustainability through economic strategies, emphasizing the balance between human activities and natural ecosystems.

You’re reading The Financial Page, John Cassidy’s weekly column on economics and politics. It’s been a couple of weeks since Donald Trump and his cohort tried to bully the U.S.’s European allies into ...

SAMUELSON Irving Carl (Sam), Of Mendota Heights, MN, Passed away on November 10th at the age of 96, after a hard fought battle with congestive heart failure. Irving graduated from Harding High School ...

Senior Trump administration officials are forecasting a boom for the U.S. economy in 2026, driven by Federal Reserve interest rate cuts and historically large tax refunds. "This quarter — the first ...

Escalating tensions over Greenland are supercharging a dynamic that was already under way: a shift in the world economic order that had put the U.S. at the center of the global economy. For investors ...

Many forecasters and investors misinterpret what is happening in the American economy. Some believe the uncertainty around President Donald Trump’s trade and other economic policies is abating, while ...

Joan Samuelson, an intellectual force and relentless local advocate for a cure for Parkinson’s disease, died Dec. 27 in Santa Rosa of the affliction whose cure became her life’s work. She was 75.

Robert J. Samuelson, who sought to explain the implications of unemployment, inflation, and government spending to ordinary readers for more than 40 years as an economics columnist for The Washington ...

He was a familiar byline in Newsweek and The Washington Post for decades, explaining the intricacies of economic policy in reader-friendly vernacular. By Michael S. Rosenwald Robert J. Samuelson, an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Washington Post columnist Robert J. Samuelson in 2019. - (Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post) Robert J. Samuelson, who sought to ...