Behind these seismic shifts were the economists who have helped to shape modern America. World Finance lists the men and women who have had a significant impact in developing US economic theory and ...

In a similar spirit, modern economist-philosophers have compiled a list of virtues that can be intrinsic within market behavior. Deirdre McCloskey (2006) wrote of seven virtues of middle-class ...

Meet the Nobel laureates in economics who call America home. (Complete profiles of all Nobelists appear on the Nobel Foundation's Nobel e-Museum Web site.) ...

And a lot of economists are hoping that what we’re seeing right now might be the start of another one, driven by artificial intelligence. Productivity rose by 2.7% last year, according to the ...

The essential feature of capitalism is the motive to make a profit. As Adam Smith, the 18th century philosopher and father of modern economics, said: “It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, ...