Most important, little else in the economy points to a shift towards the wealthy. The wages of low-earners are growing at a similar rate to those of richer ones—and grew much faster in the ...

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

A groundbreaking new book co-written by Bryan Leonard, a University of Wyoming associate professor, blends economics with data-driven historical analysis and offers a trove of new insights into one of ...

The fate of the Cascadia development and quite possibly the future direction of the city is in the hands of Greeley voters Tuesday during a special city election on whether the landscape-altering ...

Born of student disquiet after the 2008 crash, the group says it is reshaping economists’ education As the fallout from the 2008 global financial crash reverberated around the world, a group of ...

Dr. Misty Heggeness, a professor at the University of Kansas and former Census Bureau economist, released an analysis last year showing that mothers with young children were leaving the workforce ...

For the second consecutive year, unit sales of print books were up at outlets that report to Circana BookScan, hitting 762.4 million in 2025 for the year ended Dec. 27, 2025. That marks a 0.3% ...

Paul A. Samuelson, the first American Nobel laureate in economics and the foremost academic economist of the 20th century, died Sunday at his home in Belmont, Mass. He was 94. His death was announced ...

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 ...

WSJ Heard on the Street Writer Asa Fitch explains how Nvidia’s recent earnings report may have helped allay concerns about a bubble in AI and tech stocks – at least, for now. Photo: Kent ...

Early in her career, Prof. Susan C. Stokes saw a wave of democratization. In Southern Europe, Latin America and the former Soviet Union, authoritarian regimes were tumbling. But in this first quarter ...

WNBA forward Karlie Samuelson ’17 is the newest addition to the Stanford women basketball’s coaching staff, serving as an intern for the 2025-26 season. She joins four other Stanford alumni and WNBA ...