This interview is part of our “Econ Extra Credit” project, where we read an introductory economics textbook provided by the nonprofit Core-Econ together with our listeners. When you think of taking an ...

For students, what a textbook says is ground truth. But for nearly 15 years, leading introductory economics textbooks gave students an outdated or incomplete explanation of how the Federal Reserve ...

Harvard professor N. Gregory Mankiw is one of the most influential economists in the United States. But the 61-year-old’s authority does not stem from advancing an arcane scholarly finding. Nor has ...

The author is an editorial writer at the JoongAng Ilbo. Harvard economist Gregory Mankiw, renowned for his textbook “Principles of Economics” (1997), recently posted on his blog: “Value-added tax (VAT ...

Discover how the Beige Book, published by the Federal Reserve, provides key insights into U.S. economic conditions, crucial for Federal Open Market Committee decisions.

In the nineteen-forties, when the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was considering adopting a new economics textbook, the school’s president received warnings about the book’s author: “It is ...

The diagram above represents the standard economics textbook presentation of the effects of minimum wage laws that artificially raise wages for low-skilled workers (to $7.25 an hour in this case) ...

The 2015 winner of the Nobel Prize in economics, Deaton reflects on the state of the field, the pervasiveness of inequality, and the condition of the United States, the country he emigrated to from ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. WASHINGTON — Harvard professor N. Gregory Mankiw is one of the most ...