On a sunny afternoon aboard an icebreaker in Helsinki’s harbour, it is possible to forget that the border of a warmongering dictatorship is just 150km away. The ships, powerful enough to provide ...

The ICE shooting of a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis ignites protests in a city targeted by the Trump administration's ...

One beauty of economics — the study of how human beings use scarce resources — is that its basic principles apply to life even if money is not involved. Opportunity cost, externalities, sunk costs, ...

Three professors who look at how innovation — including technology — drives economic growth will share the Nobel memorial prize in economics. The winners are Joel Mokyr of Northwestern University; ...

Lessons from Soviet Economics for the Climate Era Abby Innes argues the world needs to reimagine how governments wield economic tools if we are to get on track to fight climate change.

Lights, camera, economics! This week, we bring you something different: the premier of the Money Talks film club. So get yourself a large soda (no ice), some popcorn and find out what economic lessons ...

This year's Nobel Prize for economics honors three scholars who have tried to understand why innovation happens and how it promotes economic growth. The laureates have shed light on the mysteries of ...

A fundamental economic principle is that voluntary trade creates wealth, and the more people trade, the greater their well-being. Most economists agree that the more a nation’s citizens can trade with ...

Over the 55 years since Bangladesh's independence, the processes of state-building, political transformation, and economic reconstruction have unfolded in deeply interconnected ways.