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As the 2023 Meaningful Economics Competition kicked off May 23 amid the happy hubbub of a roomful of third-grade students, at least a couple of adults in the room were reliving old memories. The ...

Australian Medical Doctor; Postdoctoral Fellow in Global Health & NCDs, Harvard University Last post, I humbly introduced the first of two economic concepts I believe are key to a better, healthier ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – While analytical, mathematically driven economists don't seem to have much in common with their abstract literary colleagues, a Purdue University professor's new book contends ...

There is no concept in economics today that is as poorly understood as inflation. Academic economists, investment professionals, media pundits, and politicians all wallow in confusion about what it is ...

Australian Medical Doctor; Postdoctoral Fellow in Global Health & NCDs, Harvard University This week and next, I’m going to explore two rather nerdy economic concepts. Not because I am an economist, ...

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics for their work on innovation-driven economic growth, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on Monday. Mokyr, a ...

Inflation has slowed significantly and growth of the nation's gross domestic product has remained solid, but some economists still expect a mild recession this year. How could a modest downturn happen ...

Being the econ nerds that we are here at Planet Money and The Indicator, this Thanksgiving we want to give thanks for economic insights that improved our lives, solved a problem, or just plain ...