In the 31st Annual Kuznets Lecture, former Yale professor Leonard Wantchekon explored the political mechanisms behind developmental economics. The lecture, hosted by the Yale Economic Growth Center, ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Nobel laureate Lars Peter Hansen, a leading expert at the forefront of economic thinking and asset-price modeling, will join Purdue University President Mung Chiang this month ...

Elliott Harris, former chief economist for the United Nations, is pictured. The former chief economist and leading economic development official for the United Nations will be at the University of ...

* Oct. 12, Friday -- Wing Thye Woo, professor of economics and one of the foremost experts on the Chinese financial landscape, will address "The Economic Geography of Growth in China" at the first ...

John List, the Kenneth C. Griffin Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago. (Photo credit: John Boehm, Boehm Photography) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — John List, the Kenneth ...

Vernon L. Smith is Regents Professor of Economics and research director of the Economic Science Laboratory at the University of Arizona. He is author of more than 100 articles and books on capital ...

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Getting every advantage possible in your business is important. Using proper analytical techniques and up-to-date business theory will help your business succeed. Economic principles, especially ...

Economics can seem as if it is an obscure subject, in that you haven't had the chance to study it much, but parts of it can be very understandable. A simple definition of economics is the study of how ...

There's an amusing critique of modern economics by an assistant professor of philosophy out there and it has to be said that some parts of it are spot on when discussing some parts of economics. There ...

Peter Gratton, Ph.D., is a New Orleans-based editor and professor with over 20 years of experience in investing, risk management, and public policy. Peter began covering markets at Multex (Reuters) ...