In 2012, U.S. 12th graders who had come of age in the shadow of the 2008 housing bubble and subsequent market crash showed no better understanding of the economic forces that shaped that recession ...

Economics 10b: “Principles of Economics” has long reigned as spring semester's most enrolled-in class, but this year the course saw a new contender from within its own department — the brand new ...

"Economics 10: Principles of Economics" is the most popular class at Harvard this fall with 627 undergraduate students enrolled. The class is taught by renowned economist Gregory Mankiw, who was ...

A young student who saw my Career Advice to Economics Majors asked about his plans to study economics through the Ph.D. level. He wrote: "I have become fascinated at the prospect of studying economics ...

James Kwak is the latest to take up the point that Economics 101 isn't all that good as a basis for designing public policy. To which the answer is, well, yes, of course. Why is anyone in the least ...

First, consult the online course catalog. Economics majors are encouraged to take courses in mathematics, and since Math 107 is a prerequisite for ECO 230, they should consider taking Math 107 to ...

At least four of these SIX courses must be upper lever 3000+ elective courses. There is a calculus pre-requisite to be completed before taking either intermediate theory course and econometrics. The ...

Gig or sharing economy platforms such as Uber, Airbnb, Grubhub and Taskrabbit are rapidly redefining the meaning of work, innovation and prosperity in post-industrial capitalist economies. How has ...

It's been quite the year for Taylor Swift. An era, you might say. The popstar was selected as Time magazine’s Person of the Year. Her record-breaking tour has grossed more than $1 billion, per AP, ...