From COVID-19 lockdowns to Biden's inflation and Trump's tariffs, bad things have happened when economics are sidelined in ...

Many scholars have assumed nudges—a small push that encourages better choices—are always good for society. But UC Berkeley ...

Artificial intelligence is starting to sit in for human subjects in classic economics games, from financial markets to public ...

New research from Stanford University highlights a significant decline in entry-level employment in fields most exposed to artificial intelligence such as software development and customer service.

Many female economists are used to walking into a room and feeling overwhelmingly outnumbered by their male colleagues. As terms like “mansplain” become part of common vernacular, women in economics ...

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Scientists at HSE University have found that current AI models, including ChatGPT and Claude, tend to overestimate the rationality of their human opponents—whether first-year undergraduate students or ...

The US’s two major parties can agree on one thing: They don’t have much use for economists anymore. President Joe Biden ignored economists’ warnings about the risks of inflation. President Donald ...

Explore the principles of mainstream economics, its origins in neoclassical thought, and criticisms from heterodox theories. Discover how it impacts economic policies.

Explore how happiness economics measures individual satisfaction through surveys, analyzing economic factors like income, employment, and their impact on well-being.

Time for your annual check-up. After what feels like an eternity in the waiting room, flicking through dog-eared copies of the world’s finest publications (did you know Indonesia is at a crossroads?), ...

A study of the economics of conflict, from the Vikings to Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, by a former writer for and occasional contributor to The Economist. Time and again, Duncan Weldon spots ...