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When it comes to economics, there's no reason to expect leading lawmakers to be Boehner struggles with the economic basics June 21, 2013, 6:10 AM PDT ...

According to Keynesian economics, state intervention is necessary to moderate the booms and busts in economic activity, otherwise known as the business cycle. There are three principal tenets in the ...

It's a familiar situation for lots of people, especially since the financial crisis: you want to know more about economics. Perhaps you've gone to university and don't want to go back, or perhaps ...

Birth of the free market The most famous book in economics is the Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776), the magnum opus of the Scottish philosopher-economist Adam Smith.