Economics is the study of the allocation of scarce resources. The subject of this course is microeconomics, which examines the decision making of individuals and firms with regard to consumption, ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Environmental and natural resource economics deals with the economics of pollution control, policies and economic incentives for dealing with pollution and the basic economic principles for the ...

Why are some countries rich and others poor? The question, full of childlike curiosity, is the most important in economics. A person’s living standards are mostly determined not by talent or hard work ...

Famed British economist John Maynard Keynes would have found this year’s Nobel economics laureates “splendid.” David Card, Joshua Angrist and Guido Imbens all are microeconomists working on questions ...

This course examines theories and methods of economics relevant for understanding the environment. It combines theoretical analyses and economic history to understand the social forces relevant to ...

The discipline of forest economics, business and society investigates interconnections between forests, the economy and society. Research in the discipline develops solutions for a sustainable natural ...

Prize showcases work on factors that underpin economic growth Winners are professors at U.S., French and British universities Aghion wants Europe to learn from U.S. and China Howitt questions Trump's ...